Health workers demand improved welfare package in Kwara

[ad_1] The Kwara State Chairman of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Alhaji Aminu Shehu, has called on the state government to improve members’ welfare package. Aminu made the appeal on Saturday in Ilorin while speaking on what he described as “the gross shortage of manpower of medical practitioners in the state”….

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Pneumonia deadly, may cause sudden death – Experts

[ad_1] Anthony Ademiluyi Health experts have cautioned Nigerians against taking pneumonia disease lightly, noting that the infection of the lung is dangerous and can cause sudden death when not treated early and properly. Pneumonia, the experts noted, is caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites and is worse in young children and adults older than…

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Kwara health workers demand better welfare

[ad_1] The Kwara State Chairman of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Alhaji Aminu Shehu, has called on the state government to improve members’ welfare packages. Aminu made the call on Saturday in Ilorin on the sidelines of a forum addressing the shortage of medical practitioners in the state. He also urged the…

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Nigeria Achieves 60 percent Covid-19 Vaccination – NPHCDA

  By Louis Achi   Nigeria has achieved yet another milestone in her ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme. According to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), in her Twitter handle, @NphcdaNG, 69,607,280 person’s, representing 60 percent of the target eligible population have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. NPHCDA twitted: “Today, Nigeria has achieved yet…

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13-year-old boy shoots girl dead in Ogun

[ad_1] A 13-year-old boy, Ope Babalola, has allegedly shot dead a three-year-old girl, Esther Samuel, in Ogun State. The teenage boy reportedly shot the minor dead with a dane gun belonging to one Semiu Adegesin. The incident happened in Kukudi village in Imasayi, Yewa North Local government area of the state. The police public relations…

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Lagos train accident: 32 survivors discharged

[ad_1] At least 32 survivors from the accident involving a train and a Rapid Transport bus conveying staff of the Lagos State Government have been discharged. The commissioner for health in the state, Professor Akin Abayomi, at a news conference Friday, disclosed that 32 survivors of the accident had been discharged from different hospitals. He…

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