[ad_1] Sharon Osaji A committee in Tudun Wada Local Government Area in Kano State has revealed that it has discovered 130 hospitals and pharmacies run by quack doctors, some of which are Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination holders. The committee set up by the Local Government Chairman, Alhaji Tijjani Matata, also said it discovered during…
[ad_1] The NGO Alliance on Health Financing, a group of health organisations, has condemned the beverage industry’s attempts to dissuade the government from raising taxes on carbonated drinks. A N10 per litre excise tax on sweetened, carbonated and non-alcoholic beverages was passed in the 2021 Finance Act. “The beverage manufacturers don’t really care about employment…
[ad_1] Tunde Oyekola The Management of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital has said that it will still go ahead with the investigation and prosecution of the three people who allegedly assaulted a medical doctor at the hospital over the death of one Soliu, a butcher who reportedly died in the hospital last week Tuesday….
[ad_1] The Director General of the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC), Dr Emem Omokaro, has appealed to state governments to domesticate the National Health Insurance Act to enhance access to healthcare by older persons. Omokaro made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. She said President…
[ad_1] The Nigeria Medical Association, Kwara Chapter, has said that it recorded physical or verbal attacks on its members almost every week. The state NMA Chairman, Dr. Ola Ahmed, made this known to newsmen on Monday in Ilorin. Ahmed lamented that medical doctors in public healthcare facilities across the state and the University of Ilorin…
[ad_1] A final year student of Modibbo Adama University, Yola in Adamawa, Raudah Sheik-Jimeta, says she rakes in N80,000 monthly from the sales of local seasoning and spices. Sheik-Jimeta, who stated this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, said she produced a variety of spices sourced from local…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo The Nigerian Medical Association has condemned the murder of one of its members, Dr. Uyi Iluobe at Olive Hospital, Oghara, Delta State by a relative of a patient. The patient had died from suspected gunshot injuries. The NMA in a statement titled, “Gruesome Murder of Dr. Uyi Iluobe” signed by its President,…
[ad_1] Ademola Adegbite A mentally unstable woman who identified herself as Lara has given birth to a baby boy at Ayileka Street, Odo-Ona Apata in the Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State. The lady, whose age is said to be between 25 and 30 years, delivered the baby in an uncompleted building on Sunday,…
[ad_1] Amarachi Okeh The wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has restated the commitment of the state government to the strengthening of maternal and child health policies and programmes to curb maternal, child and infant mortality. Mrs. Sanwo-olu stated this on Sunday while welcoming the new year babies born in three state-owned…
[ad_1] The wife of Ekiti State governor, Dr. Olayemi Abiodun Oyebanji, has presented cash and gift items to the first baby of the year in the state, born to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Gbenga Adeyemo in Ise-Ekiti. The first baby was delivered at 12.00a.m yesterday at the Comprehensive Health Centre, Oke-Yadi, Ise-Ekiti. The…
