Category: Health

Lassa fever: kogi govt.records 7 deaths, Ibaji LGA says 20

By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja. Kogi state government says eight local government areas of its 21 councils have recorded 41 cases of lassa fever, out of which seven persons...

Governor’s aide, Community leader differ over Lassa fever figures in Ibaji LGA

By Correspondent in Lokoja. The Special Adviser to the Kogi Governor, Yahaha Bello, on health matters, Mr Abu Jibril Okikiri says Ibaji Local Governnent Area of the...

PROMAD writes EU, demand completion of health centre project in Ondo community

By Correspondent in Ondo. PROMAD Foundation, a civic tech nongovernment organisation has written to the ambassador of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria demanding...

20 cows die mysteriously in kogi, government advises against consuming beef for 1 week

By Correspondent in Lokoja. Kogi State Government has advised residents in the state against consuming cow meat for at least one week ,following 20 cows said to have...

Train Attack : Victims at 44 Nigerian Army Reference hospital, Kaduna in stable condition–CMD

By Ijeoma Nwankpa, Abuja. The management of 44 Nigerian Army Reference hospital, Kaduna says all the victims of the recent train attack in Kaduna to brought to them from...

Covid resurges in Shanghai, China announces largest city-wide lockdown

Foreign news Tests take place behind the barriers of a makeshift Covid centre in Shanghai earlier this week. China has announced its biggest city-wide lockdown since the...

Kogi Medical doctors in public service demand full salary payment for February

From Correspondent in Lokoja. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Kogi State chapter, has called on the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to direct the...

Health: Association awards N8m to 74 Kwara Muslim workers with health challenge

By Correspondent in Ilorin. The Muslim Workers’ Welfare (MUSWOW), a faith-based humanitarian organisation in Kwara has donated over N8 million to 74 workers with...

Don advocates establishment of Radiotherapy, Nuclear medicine centre at UITH

By Correspondent in Ilorin. As cardiovascular diseases take their effects on the people in Nigeria and the world at large, a don,Prof. Peter Adeoye has appealed to the...

Kwara medical women advocate free breast cancer treatment in Nigeria

Correspondent in Ilorin. As Nigerians joined the global community on Friday to mark the World Cancer Day, the Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Kwara has...