Nigeria@63: NHIA Encourages Nigerians to Utilize Scheme for Healthier Society
Abdul-Azeez Suleiman Abuja, Nigeria – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has urged Nigerians to seize the opportunities provided by the scheme to enhance their health and wellness. The call was made by the NHIA Executive Secretary Professor Mohammed Nasir…
Adebola Akin-Bright: Lagos Assembly Reveals More About Doctor Who Performed Surgery
Writes Police Commissioner Committee Broadens investigation The chairman of the Lagos Assembly ad-hoc committee with the mandate to investigate the circumstances that led to the disappearance of Adebola Akin-Bright’s small intestine, Hon. Noheem Adams, has told his colleagues that the…
Government Committed To Community Health Care Development In Etsako East — Council Boss, Hon. Benedicta Assures
Executive Chairman Etsako East Local Government Area, Hon. (Princess) Benedicta Attoh has expressed the readiness of the Obaseki administration in Broadening Specialised services in the Primary Health care sector by providing sustainable infrastructure and quality drugs for Health services. The…
Breaking: Lagos Assembly Urges Sanwo-Olu To Release Funds For Overseas Treatment Of Boy With Missing Intestine
Lawmakers Call for Immediate Arrest of Doctor who Performed Surgery House Commiserates with Mohbad’s Family, Fans The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to direct the Ministry of Health to release funds for the…
WHO Releases Report On Devastating Impact Of Hypertension
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released its first-ever report on the devastating global impact of high blood pressure, along with recommendations on the ways to win the race against the disease. The report made available on Tuesday showed approximately…
Delta Targets Fresh 100,000 Contributory Health Enrollees
Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Onojaeme has announced the ministry’s new target of fresh 100,000 enrollees into the State Contributory Health Scheme to mark Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s 100 days in office as Governor. Dr. Onojaeme who made the…
Oyo State Govt. Rescues Destitute, Twin Daughters in Ibadan
The Oyo State Government during the course of the week, reiterated its commitment to ending the menace of vagrancy, street begging and other societal ills, while it rescued a homeless woman and her twin daughters off the streets within the…
Anthrax: Oyo Govt. Sensitizes Butchers, Cattle Dealers
…strengthens surveillance on animal disease The Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, sensitized butchers and livestock dealers on the deadly anthrax disease, as it strengthens surveillance of abattoirs for detection and prevention of the animal disease. The Commissioner for Agriculture and…
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital: Final Burial Or Another Chance To Live?
The 60s was a turning point for Nigeria. The young nation took off with developmental strides, giant enough to make her colonial masters green with envy! With her pace, it won’t take long before overtaking her colonial nation, but a…
How I Lost My First Grandchild In Govt Hospital – Akpabio Narrates
In a typical play out of the saying that the rich also cry, Nigeria’s President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has narrated how he lost his first grandchild to medical neglect in a government hospital. Speaking during the ministerial…
Vwaire Diaso: Oborevwori Condoles Family, NMA, Calls for Probe
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has sent his heart-felt condolences to the Diaso family and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on the tragic and unfortunate passing of Dr Vwaire Diaso in Lagos. Diaso, a medical doctor and native…
