Britain Green-Lights Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine in COVID-19 Breakthrough

Pfizer and BioNTech on Wednesday became the first vaccine developers in the race to alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic to get regulatory approval after completing all stages of clinical testing. The companies a U.S. pharma giant and its once relatively unknown partner in the German city of Mainz announced that Britain’s regulatory authority for pharmaceuticals had issued emergency use approval for their vaccine. The go-ahead from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) paves the...

FG Inaugurates Ministerial Health Insurance Committee For Retirees, Elderly

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday in Abuja, inaugurated a ministerial committee that will develop a framework for the provision of health insurance for retirees and the elderly in Nigeria. He said it was part of the present administration’s commitment to improve access to healthcare in the country. He added that “it underscores the resolve and commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari to promote the wellbeing of ageing citizens through provision of health...

Ministry Shifts National Sports Festival to January

The National Sports Festival (NSF) earlier slated for Benin from Dec. 3 to Dec.13, has been rescheduled to hold at the same venue from Jan.3 to Jan.17, 2021, an official has said. The festival tagged Edo 2020, was initially slated for March, but had to be postponed to December due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Mr John Joshua-Akanji, Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of Youth and Development, told the News Agency of Nigeria...

NGO flags off Hepatitis Elimination Program in Taraba

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent A non-governmental Organization Center for Initiative Development CFID based in Taraba State, North East Nigeria has flagged off a Community Hepatitis Elimination Programme with a modern Digital Diagnostic Center in Jalingo, the state capital. Speaking at the occasion, the Executive Director of CFID, Mr. Danjuma Adda said the new Secretariat and the Digital Diagnostic Center launched will enhance a swift diagnosis of Hepatitis and other diseases. He informed that it...

Dr. Anu Gets Suspended from the Medical Profession in Nigeria For Causing Bodily Trauma to Her Patients

Dr. Anu Fella, the founder of Med Contour has now been suspended from the medical profession in Nigeria after ruining Omothee’s buttocks and causing bodily trauma to her patients. Dr. Anu Fella, who is in her 30s and is not a certified plastic surgeon and has allegedly caused bodily trauma to her patients who visit her clinic for body enhancement surgeries. Earlier this year, her viral story was all over social media when Omohtee said...

Nigeria Ranked Highest in Drug Use Prevalence According to UNO Report

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Mrs. Folusho Adelekan, the National Programme Officer of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has confirmed that Nigeria has been ranked as the highest in drug use prevalence rate in the world. According to Mrs Adelekan during a sensation workshop on Drug Abuse and Rape organised by the Christabels Initiatives and facilitated by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Drugs and Narcotics in Abuja, Nigeria accounted for 14.3...

Strange Illness Storms Kogi, Two Persons Died and Many Hospitalized

Two persons have been confirmed dead at a Fulani and Tiv farm settlement in Odo-Ere, Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State due to unknown illness. The strange illness has also been reported to have affected many who were currently hospitalized, and are receiving treatment at some private hospitals and ECWA Hospital, Egbe. A director in the YWLGA, Mr. Reuben Oshagbemi, disclosed that the incident was first reported at a private clinic, saying that...

Katsina Gov’t Expends N9.25m On rehabilitation of ‘Mad People’, Lunatics

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Katsina State Government said a total of N9.25 million was spent on the evacuation and rehabilitation of lunatics from the streets. N175.5  million on the rehabilitation of two stadiums in the state. The state Commissioner for Sports and Social Development, Sani Danlami, disclosed this while listing the achievements of the ministry in Katsina. Danladi said that N111.3 million was spent on rehabilitation and upgrading of Malumfashi Township Stadium, while N64.2...

WHO Calls on Member States to Employ Systemic Mechanism in Drugs Side Effects

World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, said that member countries must institute systemic mechanisms to report undesired side effects or adverse drug reactions to make drugs to become safe for use. WHO said in a statement posted on its website to commemorate this year’s “MedSafety” Week that the most important aspect of drug safety monitoring is reliable, real-time information? “Healthcare professionals (physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dentists) are best placed to report suspected adverse reactions as part...

Wife of the Majority Leader Adamawa State House of Assembly, representing Jada/Mbulo constituency, Hajiya Fatima Hammantukur Yettisuri has launched a nongovernmental organization “Fati Mbulo Foundation” (FMF) to cater for poor widows, orphans and vulnerable in the society. At the formal launch in Jada town, the founder said the NGO will revolve around the wellbeing of the widows and orphans not only in Jada local government area of Adamawa State, but Nigeria as a whole. “The...

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