The leadership of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) says it will commence a nationwide warning strike over the Federal Government’s failure to meet the union’s outstanding demands with effect from September 13. Mr Biobelemoye Josiah, the JOHESU Chairman, said this during a news conference in Abuja on Monday. Josiah listed the alleged shortchanging of the union in the payment of COVID-19 Special Inducement and Hazard Allowance (SIHA) to frontline health workers, as part of the...
In a bid to improve health service delivery in rural areas, the Adamawa College of Nursing and Midwifery has increased student enrolment by 100 per cent, up from 235. The Acting Provost of the college, Mrs Lami Aminu, who dropped the hint told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that “the aim is to address clinical manpower shortage in many of the state’s health facilities. “The college has now approved twice admission in a...
It is now a year and six days since the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) shut down the operation of flights at the Akanu International Airport for safety concerns. However, on Sunday, the 30th of August the airport was reopened for operation. August 24, 2019, FAAN shut down the operation of flights in the airport after prominent Igbo persons lamented the deplorable state of the airport, saying it is a death trap. President Muhammadu...
The Nigeria Air Force through humanitarian relief operations has provided free medical services to over four hundred thousand (400,000) people across the country including those who were internally displaced in the Northeast. Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadeeq Baba Abubakar disclosed this at a press conference organized by the Federal Medical Centre Yola to showcase another success recorded in separating conjoined twins. Abubakar who was represented by Air Commodore Gideon Bako at the occasion...
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, Adamawa State capital, has again set a record with yet another breakthrough as a team of surgeons led by the Chief Medical Director of the centre, Prof Auwal Abubakar, successfully separated eight-month-old conjoined female twins. The eight –months old twins are named: Grace and Mercy and held from Nembe local government area of Bayelsa State, South-South Nigeria. Our correspondent recalls that earlier this year, the Civil-Military Relations Unit of...
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas company has again donated medical equipment worth N180 million to the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Yola and the Adamawa Primary Health Care Agency. Presenting the equipment at the FMC, the NLNG General Manager for External Relations, Mrs. Eyono Fatai-Williams said the company had made several interventions in various hospitals in the South-South and Lagos to help improve healthcare delivery to Nigerians. “In our fight against COVID-19, we have intervened in...
The Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in collaboration with a USAID funded project, Breakthrough Action Nigeria, has staged a COVID-19 and tuberculosis awareness campaign at the central motor park, Muda Lawal in Bauchi State. Professor Tajudeen Baruwa, the National President and leaders of NURTW in Bauchi, said the campaign was to enlighten motorists on how to curb the spread of coronavirus and tuberculosis. Professor Tajudeen said motor parks by their nature usually houses...
The Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi has tested positive for COVID-19, the state government disclosed on Monday. Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, the Commissioner for Information in Lagos, said that Mr. Abayomi would continue to discharge his duties while isolating at home. “Subsequent to close contact with persons feeling unwell and testing positive for the COVID-19 infection, the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has tested positive for the virus,” Mr. Omotosho said....
Creates Green Recycling Hubs Across Abuja and Lagos Coca-Cola, through its philanthropic arm, The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) has recently provided a grant to the Initiative For The Advancement of Waste Management in Africa (W.A.S.T.E AFRICA), a non-governmental organisation, to promote waste as a valuable currency for social good and economic inclusion through the establishment of green recycling hubs across Abuja. The NGO whose mission is to increase awareness of WASTE challenges and solutions specially targeted...
Reproductive Health Charity Mary Stopes International (MSI) on Wednesday said 1.9 million women across the world had lost access to its contraception and safe abortion services in the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The impact of the crisis was particularly harsh in India where an estimated 1.3 million women lost access to such services due to strict lockdown measures. “With 920,000 fewer safe abortion and post-abortion care services being delivered, 90...
