Madagascar Herbal Drug: Nigeria Has No Shame – Pharmacists Blast Buhari Administration
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) says it received the news that the Buhari administration is about to import a herbal concoction called COVID Organics (CVO) from Madagascar with utter disbelief. Sam Ohuabunwa, PSN President, in a strongly worded statement on Tuesday, declared that Nigeria displayed that it has no shame. Noting that the body was not against any drug that is proven...
WHO Donates Health Emergency Kits To Kogi Over Flood Case
The Kogi State Government has received 90 inter-agency health emergency kits from the World Health Organisation, WHO. According to the WHO representative in Nigeria, Dr Walter Kazadi, each kit is expected to treat 10,000 population, amounting to 900,000 beneficiaries. Making the presentation at the Kogi State Ministry of Health on behalf of the Country Representatives and Head of Mission of WHO,...
Rep. Ben Kalu Distributes Items Worth Millions Of Naira To Healthcare Centres In Bende (Photos)
The Member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Rep. Benjamin Kalu has distributed health care materials worth millions of naira to all healthcare centers in Bende Federal Constituency on Thursday, 25th November, 2021. The representative while handing over the materials to the Health care centers highlighted that one of his key areas of focus as a representative is the Health sector which...
After 17 Years Marriage, DNA Reveals All My 4 Children Belong To Another Father – Osun Man Cries Out
Nearly 17 years after he got married, Kolawole Olanrewaju from Ikire in Osun State says he has found out that all the four children he thought he had with his wife, Toyin Olanrewaju, belong to another man. He said a DNA test conducted on the four children aged 16, 12, 8, and 5 at DDC DNA Diagnostic Centre in Ibadan,...
No Fake COVID-19 Vaccines In Nigeria – FG
The Federal Government has dispelled the possibility of any fake COVID-19 vaccines being administered or sold by unauthorised institutions in the country. This is contained in a circular by Dr Adebimpe Adebiyi, the Director, Department of Hospital Service, Federal Ministry of Health, on behalf of the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire in Abuja. The circular followed a letter from the...
Coronavirus: US Govt To Pay Citizens $1tn In Cash As Cases Surpassed 5,700
In the United States, Trump administration announced a plan on Tuesday to send money directly to Americans immediately to ease the economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic, as fatalities hit 100 and the number of cases surpassed 5,700. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he supports sending money directly to Americans as part of a $1tn (£830bn) stimulus aimed at...
BREAKING: Katsina Records First COVID-19 Death
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State on Tuesday announced the death of the state’s first COVID-19 patient. He is Dr. Aminu Yakubu, a Daura based private Medical practitioner who recently returned from Lagos to the state Details shortly…
Lagos Boy With Missing Intestine Dies At LASUTH
Adebola Akin-Bright, the 12-year-old boy with a missing intestine in Lagos State, is dead. The mother, Abiodun Deborah, disclosed this in a phone conversation with reporters on Tuesday, Vanguard reports. It was gathered that Adebola died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH. It will be recalled that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State visited Adebola and pledged to cover his...
No Medical Outreach Without Authorisation, Abia Govt Declares After Abiriba Free Medical Saga
Abia State government has warned groups and organizations intending to embark on medical outreach in the state to ensure that they obtain permission from the Office of the Commissioner for Health. ABN TV had reported in incident in Abiriba, Ohafia in which several persons were hospitalized after receiving drugs dispensed at a free medical mission in the community. Worried by the...
We Are Owed Seven Months Salaries – Abuja Doctors
Doctors employed by the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja last year are being owed salaries between three to seven months, the Association of Resident Doctors, FCT, has said. The doctors also complained about suspicious deductions from the salaries of old doctors after they were registered on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. This is contained in a communiqué issued after a...
