The Bauchi State Government has disclosed that 19 persons have lost their lives to Lassa fever in the state since January. The Deputy Governor, Baba Tela revealed this during a news conference held in Bauchi state on Thursday. He noted that no fewer than 48 people were being monitored and undergoing treatment on the deadly disease in the state. “It is not as if we have gotten rid of Lassa fever completely in the state....

Barely 5 days after the demise of Prof. Anthony Ugochukwu former Commissioner for Health, had the Executive Governor of Enugu State sworn in an Associate Professor of Public Health Medicine, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi, as the new commissioner. During the swearing-in ceremony held today at the Government House, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi said, “the compelling need to re-establish commanding leadership for the State’s Health Care System in the face of the escalating Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, necessitated...

Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Anthony Ugochukwu, has died after a protracted struggle with chronic kidney disease, a family source has revealed. A statement on Saturday by the family representative, Dr. Kingsley Ugochukwu, announcing the death of the late surgeon, said that the deceased died on April 3, 2020, at the Memphy’s Hospital, Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ugochukwu was until his death a Consultant Surgeon and immediate past Provost,...

Again Kano State Private Health Institution Management Agency [PHIMA] has shut down a clinic allegedly operating with unqualified medical personnel. Reports indicate that the closure of the health facility named, Fresh-Care Clinic, situated in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano was based on complaints by residents over alleged unprofessional conduct of operations. A statement by the Executive Secretary of the agency Dr. Usman Tijjani Aliyu stated the persistent complaints of patients’ mismanagement at the...