FG Announces Next Phase Of Eased Lockdown Tomorrow
The Federal Government is expected to announce the next phase of eased lockdown in the country on Tuesday, 30th June 2020 (tomorrow). Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, made this known on Monday. He spoke after PTF members met with the President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. Also Read:...
FG to Improve Nurses Scheme Of Service, Review Allowances
The federal government has committed to implementing key structural reforms aimed at improving the welfare and professional standing of nurses across the country as the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, suspended its 7-day warning strike weekend. The strike, which disrupted healthcare services across the country as nurses and midwives downed tools in protest of unresolved issues concerning their...
FG To Begin Health Insurance Deductions From Workers’ Salaries
The Federal Government says deductions made from the October 2025 salaries of civil servants were due to the commencement of statutory contributions to the National Health Insurance Scheme. In a circular seen by The PUNCH in Abuja, the government explained that the mandatory NHIS deductions began in October, leading to the reduction noticed across Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The circular was...
NAFDAC Warns Nigerians Against Storing Foods In Chemical Containers
Nigerians have been warned by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) to stop storing food items in containers originally used for chemicals that are harmful to health. Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Christiana Adeyeye said this on Thursday, September 16, during a sensitisation campaign in Onitsha, Anambra State. She explained that containers previously used to store chemicals should not be...
Chikwe Udensi Visits Aro USA Hospital, Donates N2.5m Anti-Malaria Drugs (Photos)
A philanthropist and Interpol Systems Consultant, Sir Chikwe Udensi on Monday made an unscheduled visit to Aro USA Hospital at Old Army Barack in Arochukwu where he made a donation of over N2.5m worth of drugs. Speaking shortly after the donation, Sir Udensi, a frontline governorship aspirant in Abia decried the level of fatalities traceable to malaria in the country. He...
Abia Specialist Hospital CMD, Dr. Okwuonu, Makes History As First African-Based Board Member Of ISFA
The Chief Medical Director of Abia State Specialist Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, Dr. Chimezie Okwuonu, has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by being elected into the board of the International Society for Apheresis (ISFA), becoming the first African-based physician and only the second Black person in the history of the global body to hold such a position. Dr. Okwuonu, a respected...
BREAKING: British Boxer’s Father Dies Of Coronavirus
British boxer Anthony Yarde has announced his father has passed away from coronavirus. The 28-year-old light heavyweight revealed the sad news on his Instagram account in the early hours of Sunday morning, adding that his dad had no underlying health conditions. Yarde urged everyone to stay at home and not spread the deadly virus further as the pandemic takes hold around the...
BREAKING: 4 Sampdoria Players Test Positive To Coronavirus
Four more Sampdoria players have tested positive to Coronavirus. They join strikerManolo Gabbiadini, who admitted on Thursday he had the virus. The four players are: Omar Colley, Albin Ekdal, Antonino La Gumina and Morten Thorsby all now test positive for COVID-19. Sampdoria played Hellas on Sunday. Juventus’ Daniele Rugani is also suffering from COVID-19, as the disease is otherwise known as, and the...
BREAKING: Nigerians To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine By End Of January – FG
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that Nigerians should expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January 2021. He stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to the Minister, a technical working group in the Ministry of Health is working on which vaccine will best suit Nigeria. Details later… Source https://abntv.com.ng/2020/12/breaking-appeal-court-nullifies-olisa-metuhs-conviction/
Tuberculosis Cases Set High Record, Says WHO
The WHO reported that 8.2 million new cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed last year, the most since it started tracking the disease in 1995. The WHO said its Global Tuberculosis Report 2024, released Tuesday, highlights “mixed progress in the global fight against TB, with persistent challenges such as significant underfunding.” While the number of TB-related deaths declined from 1.32 million in...
