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Lionel Messi and three of his Paris Saint-Germain teammates have tested positive for COVID-19. This was confirmed by the Ligue 1 club on Sunday. PSG confirmed the affected players are in isolation and subject to the appropriate health protocols. “The four players…
An autopsy on Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, who died on November 30 last year, has said the 13-year old died of “acute lung injury due to chemical intoxication in a background of blunt force trauma.” NDREPORTERS had…
Cross River State government has emphasised the need for residents and indigenes to have health insurance in the state. Commissioner for health in the state, Dr Betta Edu in a New Year message, said the Health Insurance Scheme (CRSHIS) otherwise called Ayadecare…
The Chief of Medical Services, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Olabode Babalola, has expressed great concern with the danger in the rising cases of cancer in the country. Making the observation in a programme organised by the Nigerian Air Force Officers’…
The FG in collaboration with the malaria consortium have deployed technology to avert the diversion of mosquito treated nets in its efforts to combat malaria in the country. National Malaria elimination representative Nkoyo Ogar disclosed this at the orientation of campaign Coordination…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried the inequality in the availability of COVID-19 vaccine, saying the trend is holding the world back. Making reference to reports that G20 countries have received 15 times more COVID-19 vaccine doses per capita…
The FG has exempted fully vaccinated travelers from the mandatory one week isolation. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the development on Tuesday in a Facebook post. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee, Boss Mustapha announced the revised protocol on…
Imo State Government in partnership with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Drug Free World Africa, DFWA, have raised the alarm over the high rate of drug addiction among youths, stressing that it is imperative for all stakeholders to…
The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday rejected the Federal Government planned enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination on workers and Nigerians. Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President, expressed Labour’s position on the matter while unveiling the COVID-19 vaccination Advisory for…
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has promised to release the sum of ₦10,000,000 (Ten Million Naira) for the upgrade of the health facility at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU). Governor Okezie Ikpeazu made the pledge on Saturday…
The Director General of the newly-established Nigeria Blood Transfusion Services Commission, Omale Joseph, has promised to sanitise unwholesome practices in blood transfusion which has been prevalent in the blood handling entities. This, he maintained, required hard work and adequate funding of…
The Edo State government has confirmed the death of a pregnant woman at Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin and 15 others in other COVID-19 facilities. Coronavirus Case Management leader, Dr. Ebomwonyi Osagie made the disclosure at a briefing on Monday. The…
Eight people have lost their lives to COVID-19, while 365 others have been infected within the last 24 hours in Nigeria. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), confirmed this in its daily update about the pandemic in the country. This brings…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, called on striking health workers to return to their duty posts. He also urged others contemplating strike action to opt for settlement of issues by negotiation, no matter how long it takes. Buhari made the appeal…
The Edo State Government, on Friday, confirmed the death of a 56-year-old male nurse in Auchi General Hospital and one other person of COVID-19. Ebomwonyi Osagie, Head of the state’s Coronavirus Case Management, said the deceased were not vaccinated. Osagie said…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said this in its infections update on Friday. The additional 727 COVID-19 infections, on Thursday, indicated an increase over the 559 cases reported on Wednesday and was attributed to the third wave surge caused by…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has been urged to intensify campaigns against fake and counterfeit drugs in the country. This is just as stakeholders in the health sector have been enjoined to join the agency…
The Federal Government has insisted that no doctor or health worker is being owed salary. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, said the Federal Government pays the salaries of doctors and health workers when due. He stated this during…
World Health Organisation (WHO) senior officials, on Tuesday, said the Delta strain remains the top concern in countries. The experts found that the variant is highly contagious and appearing to “outcompete” others. Their findings coincide with the emergence of the new…
The FG has announced a deed with aggrieved Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professions Association. On September 3, the unions issued a two-week ultimatum to the government to meet their demands. On Tuesday, Labour Minister, Chris Ngige…
Nigeria, on Monday, recorded four more COVID-19-related deaths and 379 new infections from 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its Website. The NCDC attributed the surge…
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Association have vowed not to go back on their two-week strike notice. The unions’ threat came amid the ongoing industrial action by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). The federal…
Four hundred and fifty-nine, 459, new cases of COVID-19 and 30 deaths have been recorded in the country within the last 24 hours, said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC). This brings Nigeria’s COVID-19 case load to 195,511. Statistics from the…
The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), Imo State council have issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government with effect from midnight, Friday, September, 17th, 2021 to address its demands or contend with health workers strike. JOHESU and its sister unions, the…
The national strike by the Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is currently biting hard in Imo States, as sick patients fill the hallways at the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri with no doctor to attend to them. During a visit to the facility…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has announced 444 cases of coronavirus in 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. NCDC, while giving update on its verified Facebook page on Saturday morning, said seven patients died due to complications from…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has said the federal government will soon make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for civil servants. Mustapha disclosed this during a meeting of the Health Commissioners Forum on Thursday in Abuja. He explained…
No fewer than 15 intending Christian pilgrims have tested positive for coronavirus infection in Delta State. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Asaba, NAN reports. He said that 77 other intending…
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reacted to the appointment of the head of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu as a top official. Ihekweazu was appointed by WHO as its Assistant Director-General for Health Emergency…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed the head of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, as a top official. Ihekweazu will resume as WHO Assistant Director-General for Health Emergency Intelligence from November 1, 2021. The NCDC DG will…
The FG has said it may sanction eligible Nigerians who refuse to take the coronavirus vaccination. This was made known by the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, at a news briefing in Abuja on…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 626 cases of coronavirus in nine states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. NCDC, while giving update on its verified Facebook page on Wednesday morning, said fourteen patients died due to complications from…
For residents of Ondo State to gain entry into churches and mosques as well as other public institutions in the state, the government has directed that they must henceforth provide evidence of COVID-19 vaccination. According to the state government, the move…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has recorded more deaths from COVID-19 complications as infections continue to surge in the country. The NCDC via its verified website on Sunday morning, confirmed 650 new cases in 16 states of…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has recorded 835 fresh cases COVID-19 in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Rivers State recorded the highest new cases with 263 infections followed by Lagos which reported 217. The health agency made…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has announced 637 cases of COVID-19 in 18 States and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. NCDC, while giving update on its verified Facebook page on Thursday morning, said about seven patients have died due to…
The Delta State Government has confirmed the outbreak of Avian influenza in the State, with 164, 173 birds reported dead. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Julius Egbedi, made this known while addressing newsman on Wednesday in Asaba, NAN reports. “Government has taken…
Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has said he will work with the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) to improve health care for Nigerians. Welcoming members of the PSN who visited him in Abuja to seek his involvement in its preparations towards the…
The Chairman of the Inter-ministerial Committee on COVID-19 in Ondo State, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi has disclosed that 70 cases of the Delta Variant of the virus have been recorded in the state. While revealing that 35 new cases of the variant were…
Nigerians have been advised to disregard the popular notion that urinating immediately after sexual intercourse prevents the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This is as it has also been disclosed that urinating after sexual intercourse is not a form of contraception…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 674 additional COVID-19 infections and eight more deaths in the country as at August 19. NCDC disclosed this on its website on Friday morning, noting that the nation’s total infections had risen to…
The Akwa Ibom State government has expressed worry over the non-compliance to COVID-19 precautionary measures recommended by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC in the state. It added that the surge in the Delta variant currently in the state is due…
The National Population Commission, NPC, says family planning suffered complete neglect due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The National Chairman of the commission, Dr Nasir Isa Kwarr, represented by Jigawa State federal commissioner of the commission Garba AG Zakar stated this in Dutse…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 1,149 cases of COVID-19 in sixteen states across the country. The health agency made the revelation on Thursday morning via a post on its verified Facebook page. In the latest development, Lagos State,…
Nigeria has commenced the second phase of vaccination for COVID-19. The phase two, anchored by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) kicked off at the Federal Medical Centre in Jabi, Abuja. The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) has urged citizens to…
The Bayelsa State Chairman, National Association of Community Health Practitioners of Nigeria (NACHPN), Dr. Doris Dotimi, has said the poor state of primary health facilities in rural areas of the state can be likened to a shrine. She said government at all…
President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his delegation to London, UK, will go into isolation following a COVID-19 scare, the Guardian reports. This comes after the UK High Commissioner, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola, who was seen in close contact with the President…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 11 patients died from coronavirus (COVID-19) on Friday in Nigeria. The NCDC, which made this known via its verified website on Saturday morning, said the country’s fatality toll from the pandemic now…
A public commentator, Alhaji Ahmed Bakare, has lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari is responsible for banditry in the country, saying many Nigerians cannot afford to feed themselves. He quoted former Head of state, General Sani Abacha as saying that if any crisis…
Trade dispute between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been handed over to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria for adjudication. Sen. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, disclosed this in a…
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has accused doctors in Nigeria of playing God. The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) commenced an indefinite nationwide strike on August 2. The industrial action, to demand better welfare, serves as a reminder to…