N60bn Health Fund Missing From Buhari’s 2016 Budget – Nigerian Doctors
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has expressed shock that N60 billion, equivalent of 1% of consolidated revenue guaranteed by the National Health Act to fund basic health, is missing from the 2016 budget. The group lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari’s N6.08…
Lassa Fever: FG Launches Public Health Emergencies
The Federal Government has launched a Public call centre at Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that will serve the country on all Public Health emergencies. Launching the call centre, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole reiterated the determination…
FG Inaugurates Lassa Fever Eradication Committee
In an effort to eliminate Lassa Fever Epidemic in Nigeria, the Federal Government has inaugurated  Multi-sectorial Committee on Lassa Fever Eradication with a view to provide  measures that would lead to final eradication of the epidemic in the Country. The Minister…
Health Minister Inaugurates Committee to Map Out Primary Healthcare Centres
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has inaugurated a committee to map out all the Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) in the country. This is to ascertain the number and locations of Primary Healthcare Centres available in the country, and…
Resign Now, Civil Society CoalitionTells Aregbesola Over Sacked Workers in Osun
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) under the aegis of Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State(CSCEO) has advised the State governor,Mr. Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola to tender his resignation letter from office over illegal sacked of no fewer than 141…
Why FG Won’t Let Dasuki Travel for Treament – AGF, Malami
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has explained why the government refused to obey two court orders clearing former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki, to travel for medical treatment. According to the…
Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s Widow, HID Awolowo Dies At 99
The widow of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo (née Adelana), who was better known as HID Awolowo is dead. Mama, as fondly called by many, died on Saturday at age 99. She would have turned 100…
Ex-Bayelsa PDP Chairman Didn’t Die In My House – Alaibe
Former chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Timi Alaibe, has debunked claims that the immediate past chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Sam Inokoba, slumped and died in his Lagos home. Mr. Inokoba, a…
Treat Accident Victims, People With Gunshot Wounds, IGP Tells Doctors
The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has called members of the public, including medical personnel, to attend to accident victims and persons with gunshot injuries, after which they can inform the police for necessary action. According to the IGP, this…
Sex During Pregnancy: How Safe?
As Written By Clement Ehis Iuleomien Pregnancy is something most couples look forward to, given that procreation is one of the fundamental objectives of the marriage institution. Pregnancy comes with its many challenges and changes. Hormonal, anatomic, psychological and physical…
Bomb Explosion Rocks Motor Park in Maiduguri
As the Federal Government of Nigeria is struggling to find an end to insurgency in the northern part of the country, a bomb has exploded at a crowded motor park in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Â According to media reports…
