Governor Inuwa Yahaya As Child Nutrition Champion
BY Ismaila Uba Misilli The recent award of excellence conferred on Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State as Nutrition Champion for the Nigerian Child by the International Society of Media in Public Health was, beyond the symbolic expression, a worthy…
Why Patients Should Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Before Surgery – Study
Patients about to undergo elective surgery are a high risk group for COVID-19 infection, Prof. Adesoji Ademuyiwa of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, has said. Prof. Ademuyiwa is the Nigeria lead in a study conducted by 15,000 surgeons…
Good Health is Essential to Sustainable Development – Hon. Ude
Delivers 100 Adjustable Beds, Other Medical Equipments The number 3 goal of the Sustainable Development Goals is that of sustainance of good health and promotion of the well-being of people of all ages by 2030. In his quest and commitment…
Okowa Counsels FG on How to Spend Percentage of Fuel Subsidy Funds
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on the Federal Government to use 25 per cent of funds expended on fuel subsidy to provide health insurance for vulnerable Nigerians. Okowa made the call on Friday when he received the…
Gombe Governor Flags-off Covid-19 vaccination, Takes First Jab
…Deputy, Others Too Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has officially flagged-off Covid-19 vaccination in the State. The Governor, was administered the first dose of the AstraZeneca by his personal physician, Dr. Bello Abdulkadir at the banquet hall of the…
Lagos Police Boss Moves to Adopt Abandoned Baby after Rescue
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued one abandoned day old boy on Monday 15th March, 2021 at about 1030pm. The baby was found by a good Lagosian at Oladejo Street, Oko Oba Lagos on Monday at 1020pm and informed…
BESREMi®, Ropeginterferon alfa-2b, Deemed Safe and Efficacious by the US FDA
The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a complete response letter for the drug BESREMi® with the active pharmaceutical ingredient, Ropeginterferon alfa-2b, in which the FDA confirms the efficacy and safety of the drug. This assessment was based on…
COVID-19: Gov. Ugwuanyi, Deputy, Chief Judge Receive Vaccines
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, his deputy, Hon. Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo and the State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Priscilla Ngozi Emehelu, on Monday, received COVID-19 vaccinations, at the Government House, Enugu in the presence of the Executive Secretary, Enugu…
Vaccination: Gov. Okowa, Wife, Delta Executive Council Members Take COVID-19 Jabs
Delta State Government on Friday commenced the vaccination of its citizens against COVID-19, with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, his wife, Edith and members of the state’s Executive Council taking their turns. The Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff…
Gombe Receives 35, 000 Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine As Governor Inuwa Yahaya Sets for Covid-19 Vaccination Flag-off
….Health Ministry Targets Frontline Workers, Others in Phase 1 of Exercise Gombe State Government has received delivery of its share of AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine doses, enough to cover 35,000 individuals slated for the first phase of the vaccination exercise in…
Enugu Govt Takes Delivery of COVID-19 Vaccines
…Assures Effective Administration Enugu State Government alongside Ebonyi and Anambra states, on Wednesday, took delivery of the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. The…
