Health workers under the auspices of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) and Joint Health Sector Union ( JOHESU) in Benue state will on Thursday, 18th June 2020, commence a total and indefinite strike action. This was disclosed by the state Chairman of NAGGMDP, Dr …
Read More »COVID-19:ABUJA HOSPITAL REJECTES GOVERNOR OKEZIE IKPEAZU OF ABIA STATE-SKY GOSPEL NEWS TV
COVID-19. ABUJA HOSPITAL REJECTED GOVERNOR OKEZIE IKPEAZU OF ABIA STATE. A private hospital in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, has rejected the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu (Ph.D), who sought treatment there for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The hospital, located in the Gudu area of the FCT, turned him down …
Read More »Cholera outbreak kills one in Ebonyi leaving 68 hospitalized
Ebonyi State Government has debunked reports of double figure deaths in the recent cholera outbreak in the state. Commissioner for Health, Daniel Umezuruike, in a statement in Abakaliki, the State Capital said that only one death was recorded. He said that 68 persons were successful treated and discharged in Ameku, …
Read More »MEASLES KILLS SEVEN CHILDREN IN ADAMAWA
The Adamawa Government has confirmed the death of seven children after a measles outbreak in Malabo village in Fufore Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Dr Bwalki Dilli, Director, Public Health, in the state Ministry of Health said this while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday …
Read More »NO CASE OF CORONAVIRUS IN ANAMBRA STATE : DR VINCENT OKPALA
ANAMBRA State Government has raised the alarm over purported ‘fake ‘ reports on social media of Coronavirus in the Commercial city of Onitsha. Both the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C Don Adinuba and that of Health, Dr Vincent Okpala, described as the most senseless thing people could …
Read More »BABY THROWN INTO BARBED WIRE DRAWS OBIANO’S ATTENTION
Wife of the Governor of Anambra state, Dr. Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano has visited the discarded baby who was rescued from a barbed wire fence at Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state. The baby, undergoing treatment at a hospital in the area, was reportedly thrown downstairs by the …
Read More »PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE TAKES FIRST STEP AGAINST CORONAVIRUS
As countries around the world continue to receive brutal knocks from the Coronavirus pandemic, President Muhammadu Buhari, is doing so much to prevent a reversal of the present successes as Nigeria remains one of the nations that has wrestle down the viral attack, write Adeyinka Aderibigbe, Kelvin Osa Okunbor, Frank Ikpefan, …
Read More »WHY PEOPLE SUDDENLY SLUMP AND DIE
It’s becoming a regular scenario: men, women, the young and the elderly, slumping and dying without any prior or visible sign of illness. The recent case of the young Nassarawa United Football Club player, Chineme Martins, more than ever before makes it an issue for the front burner. Omolara Akintoye writes. It …
Read More »CORONAVIRUS PATIENT QUARANTINED IN ENUGU
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is aware of a suspected case of Coronavirus in Enugu State. The Centre in a tweet early Sunday morning on its verified Twitter handle said the patient has been taken into isolation pending the result of test NCDC noted that samples …
Read More »UI CANCELS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS OVER CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
Following the global coronavirus crisis, the University of Ibadan has cancelled all international conferences scheduled to hold in the institution. It also cancelled all international travels for staff to prevent members of the university community from contracting the virus. In a special release dated March 12, the university said all …
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