Nigerian Doctors Begin Indefinite Nationwide Strike
Nigerian medical doctors have opted to embarked on a nationwide strike over the inability of the Federal Government to meet its demands for pay rise, better welfare, and adequate facilities. The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) said the government…
Katsina State Govt. Throws Weight Behind NDLEA
Katsina State Government has pledged to support National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA to address the menace of drugs abuse and Trafficking among society in the state. The Deputy Governor Alhaji Mannir Yakubu stated this when he received the delegation…
VIDEOS: Lagos Helicopter Crash Victims Evacuated, Helicopter Owners Revealed
…As AIB Commences Investigations in the Helicopter Crash Videos of rescue efforts at the scene of a helicopter crash in Opebi area of Ikeja, Lgos state have emerged, even as the Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has confirmed the crash of…
Gombe Inaugurates Committee on Women for Health Foundation Programme
…As Govt. Moves To Close Manpower Gap in Health Sector Gombe State Government has inaugurated a 7-man committee to advance and encourage the course of women participation in medical training and delivery so as to breach manpower gap inherent in the…
UN Secretary-General to Spotlight Digital Finance in COVID-19 Recovery, SDGs
UN Secretary-General António Guterres will join Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator and Maria Ramos, until recently CEO of ABSA Group, as Co-Chairs of his Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals, to launch a new report People’s Money:…
Gombe Molecular Lab Begins Testing for Covid-19
Gombe state Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, located at the public health laboratory complex, Specialist Hospital, Gombe has commenced operations, testing about 50 samples per day for now. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Ahmed Mohammed Gana said in due course the testing…
Africa records over 25,000 COVID-19 deaths – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says there are over 25,000 COVID-19 deaths on the African continent. The UN health agency gave the update on its regional official Twitter account @WHOAFRO. WHO stated on…
985 COVID-19 Patience Die As Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 50,000
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, announced 593 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus exceeded 50,000. This brings the number of confirmed cases to 50,488 The NCDC made this known on…
COVID-19: UCH Unveils Reusable PPE To Protect Health Workers
University College Hospital, (UCH) Ibadan, as part of measures to protect health workers from COVID-19 and other infectious disease has commenced the production of reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the first in Nigeria. Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital, Ibadan,…
How COVID-19 Patient Wrote WASSCE in Gombe
A COVID-19 patient was seen on Monday writing his West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) from an isolation centre in Gombe State, North East of Nigeria. Recall that Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya had earlier directed that students, principals…
Governor Inuwa Yahaya Releases N161m for CHIPS Sustainability in Gombe
Determined to ensure the sustainability of Community Health Influencers Promoters and Services (CHIPS) in Gombe State, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has released the sum of one hundred and sixty one million naira (161,000,000) to cover for the funding gap due…
