Health

Nigeria’s Ihekweazu to head new WHO pandemic data-driven hub in Germany

The hub aims at helping countries better assess and respond to global disease threats in…

Obaseki: Edo govt’s decision on COVID-19 vaccination stands

Obaseki restated the government’s stance on proof of vaccination to access large gatherings from the…

NCDC boss, Ihekweazu appointed Assistant DG of WHO

Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC,  has been…

COVID-19 kills 14 more Nigerians as infections surge again

Fresh infections were reported from nine  states and the FCT, with Lagos State recording 334…

Court stops Obaseki from making COVID-19 vaccination compulsory in Edo

By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Justice Adamu Turaki Mohammed of the Federal High Court, in Port Harcourt,…

COVID-19 vaccination: Edo civil servants get 7-day ultimatum

Igbaugba Ehigimetor Civil servants in Edo Ministry of Health have been given a seven-day ultimatum…

CSOs protest Obaseki’s ‘compulsory COVID-19 vaccination’ in Benin

“We are here to express our displeasure over government move to force Edo people to…

NMA gives FG 21-day ultimatum to end doctors’ strike

By Katurak Yashim The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has thrown its weight behind the ongoing…

Kogi acquires Oxygen chamber

Richard Elesho Kogi has procured a hospital based Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment (HBOT) chamber which the…

Why private doctors honored Kayode Ojo, Rabiu, others

By Dr. Lawson Itua The Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN)…