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Health News Nigeria WellnessBuhari Medical Trip Started Before I Became President – Garba Shehu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 30, 2021

The Spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, has said that his employer began his yearly medical trip to London even before he came to office as Nigeria’s president in 2015. The spokesperson revealed this on Tuesday while addressing newsmen at the departure wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, just after his principal departed the country for London medical check-up. He said, “The President is looking at the window...

Health News Wellness4,000 Lives Lost Daily to Tuberculosis Disease Globally

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 25, 2021

YOLA — Adamawa State Program Manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy program, Dr. Boniface Gundiri says each day about 4,000 persons lost their lives to TB diseases, and close to 28,000 fell ill. Boniface revealed this during the commemoration of this year’s world tuberculosis day with a team “the clock is ticking ” held at State Specialist Hospital, Yola Wednesday, said global efforts are being made to combat the disease as 63 million lives have been saved...

Health Wellness World News21 Years After, Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria to Host Regional Congress March 24-27 –Official

PilotnewsMarch 21, 2021

ASABA — Nigeria is to host the ninth Near East and Africa Regional (NEAR) Congress of the Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA) from March 24 to March 27, 2021, in Abuja, after 21 years. Dr. Minimim Oseji, the National President of, Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), disclosed this in a statement issued, on Sunday, in Asaba, and made it available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Oseji, who noted that the last time...

Africa Health NewsTanzania President Dies At the Age of 61

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 17, 2021

Tanzanian President, John Magufuli has died at the age of 61 from a heart condition. The Vice President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, said this in an address on state television on Wednesday. The news of his death broke out after days of uncertainty over his health and whereabout. According to the Vice President, “It is with deep regret that I inform you that today on the 17th of March, 2021 at 6 pm we lost our...

Health News WellnessStrange Disease: Two Died, Over 100 Persons Hospitalize In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 16, 2021

KANO — The Kano State Ministry of Health has confirmed that two persons died while over 160 were taken ill from suspected food poisoning in Kano State. It was gathered that all the patients had taken expired citric acid powdered drinks which expired a year ago, but were still being sold in the market. The state’s epidemiologist, Dr. Bashir Lawan, said the index case was a six-year-old girl seen on March 6, 2021. He explained...

Health NewsNAFDAC Raises Alarm Over Fake COVID-19 Vaccine In Nigeria

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 16, 2021

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has issued warning to Nigerians to be wary of fake COVID-19 vaccines in the country. The organization on Sunday also warned Nigerians to “refrain from procuring the vaccine online to avoid falling into the wrong hands of merchants of death.” The agency called on Nigerians to be vigilant and expose anyone who might want to divert COVID-19 vaccines donated by international organizations for profiteering. The...

Crime & Security HealthNAFDAC Destroys Over N2b Counterfeit Drugs, Vaccines

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 15, 2021

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed counterfeit drugs and vaccines, cosmetics, and expired food items worth over N2 billion. A statement by the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, in Abuja said the destruction exercise took place in Kano and Awka, the Anambra State capital. It stated that the agency’s operatives had combed the nooks and crannies of three geo-political zones, namely, North West, South East, and South-South,...

Health JobsKebbi Commences Training Of Health Workers For COVID -19 Vaccination

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 11, 2021

Kebbi State Government in conjunction with the Primary Healthcare Development Agency has commenced the first phase of training of Health workers involved in Covid-19 Vaccination. Declaring the training held at the Conference Hall, Ministry of Health, Gwadangaji, Secretariat, Birnin Kebbi, the Commissioner for Health and Chairman Kebbi State Taskforce on Covid-19, Alhaji Jafar Muhammad said the exercise was a prerequisite for the provision of Covid 19 vaccine by the Federal Government. “Kebbi State Government has...

Coronavirus Health NewsCourt Convicts 33 People for Not Wearing Face in Benin

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 8, 2021

A Mobile Court in Benin has convicted 33 people for not wearing face masks, improper disposal of refuse, and displaying wares in unauthorized places. Recall that the Edo government imposed the use of face masks as a strategy to curb the spread of COVID-19. The prosecuting counsel, Mr. G. O. Odeyibo and A. Ayo, told the court that the accused, who subsequently pleaded guilty, were apprehended within the Benin metropolis. Presiding Chief Magistrate Rusberth Imafidon...

Coronavirus Health Nigeria PoliticsCOVID-19: Gbajabiamila Warns Against Playing Politics With the Vaccines in Nigeria

PilotnewsMarch 5, 2021

ABUJA – Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of House of Representatives of Nigeria, has cautioned against playing politics with the coronavirus vaccines, as Nigeria commences vaccination. Gbajabiamila gave the warning on Friday in Abuja at the National Flag-off Ceremony for COVID-19 Vaccination. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, flagged off the exercise on behalf of...

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