Adamawa State Records 101% Coverage In Routine Immunizations

YOLA — The Adamawa state government says it has recorded 101% coverage in routine immunization of polio-related activities and COVID-19 vaccinations roll out. Adamawa state Deputy Governor Chief Crowther Seth stated this in his office on Tuesday when he received a team from the United States Center for Disease Control and prevention. The deputy governor who is also the chairman of the state task force on immunization commended development partners for their interventions in Adamawa....

Lassa Fever Kill 98 Nigerians In 15 States-NCDC

ABUJA — In its latest epidemiological report, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that Lassa fever killed 98 Nigerians in 15 states in the last two months. The affected states are Ondo (30), Edo (17), Bauchi (10), Benue (8), Ebonyi (9), Taraba (7), Kogi (6), Enugu (2), Oyo (1), Gombe (2), Kaduna (2), Anambra (1), Kano (1), Katsina (1) and Cross River (1). Also, 559 persons are currently undergoing treatment across the...

Ben Etiaba, Others to be Inaugurated As UNTH Foundation Board Members

ENUGU — The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital – UNTH Foundation will today, inaugurate Chief Ben Etiaba, as a Board member. The foundation which shall be chaired by Sullivan Chime, former governor of Enugu State, has other eminent Nigerians as members of the board. The Foundation is set up to ensure a more robust and efficient caregiving system which the prestigious UNTH as formerly known for. The Chairman of UNTH Management Board, Suleiman Umar, as...

Lassa Fever Kill Two Physicians In Oyo

Two members of the Nigerian Medical Association, Oyo State branch have lost two of its members to Lassa fever within 72 hours. Dr. Ayotunde Fasunla, NMA chairman in the state made this known in a statement on Thursday in Ibadan, also instructed its members to be cautious and vigilant at all times. NMA urged its members to treat all febrile illnesses with a high index of suspicion. “The NMA announces, with deepest regret and sorrow,...

Fake Medical Doctor Arrested In Gombe

The Gombe state Commissioner of Police Babatunde Ishola Babaita has paraded a 36-year old fake medical doctor, an employee of a popular specialist clinic in the state capital. Babaita, said luck ran out of the suspect Vincent Edesine from Ekpoma in Edo State when his principal noticed irregularities in his official conduct. “When the medical director of the clinic noticed that he (Vincent) could not satisfactorily discharge his assigned duties, he called for verification of...

Regular Exercise Will Keep You Fit, Ready For War, NAF Tells Officers

LAGOS — Nigerian Air Force has tasked officers with the need for physical fitness for active operations. Hasan Abubakar, the Air Officer Commanding, Nigerian Air Force logistics command, charged the officers, airmen, and airwomen of the command to support their battle readiness by being physically fit to carry out combat operations. Abubakar who gave the charge, on Saturday at the force’s First Quarter Route March Exercise 2022, held at the Sam Ethan Base, Ikeja, Lagos, ...

NMCC To Fish Out Quacks In Adamawa

YOLA — To ensure quality health care delivery in both public and private health institutions, the Adamawa state, Nursing and Midwifery Council Committee has vowed to fish out quacks in the profession Mr. Obadia Joel, state chairman of the Council who disclosed this while speaking with Journalists in his office in Yola, declared that any practicing Nursing that fails to renew its license after expiration will be regarded as a quack. “The council as a...

Hostilities in Ukraine Pose Threat to 7.5m Children- UNICEF

NEW YORK — UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it is deeply concerned that intensifying hostilities in Ukraine pose an immediate threat to the lives and wellbeing of the country’s 7.5 million children. UNICEF Executive Director, Ms. Catherine Russell on children in Ukraine, said in a statement on Thursday, that heavy weapons fire along the line of contact had already damaged critical water infrastructure and education facilities in recent days. She said unless the fighting subsides,...

Nigeria has been named as the official host of the 2022 World Toilet Summit

The announcement was made by Jack Sim, the founder of the World Toilet Organisation (WTO), during a virtual meeting of Water Sanitation and Hygiene Stakeholders and Development Partners on Wednesday. Sim noted that the United Nations member countries in 2013, unanimously adopted November 19 as the day to create awareness on access to toilets. According to him, the summit would be a great opportunity for its members to come to Nigeria, to seek out ways...

Youth Living With Disabilities Receives Training On Entrepreneurs

ABUJA — The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has trained youth living with disabilities as well as scale-up training for vulnerable youth entrepreneurs across the 36 states of the federation and FCT. Mr Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports Development enjoined participants to take advantage of the opportunity granted them by the Buhari’s administration to ensure financial literacy, start and manage their own businesses as well as ensure self-reliance. He said the...

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