The Kogi State Ministry of Health is set to conduct free medical tests across the 21 Local Government Areas (LGA) and 239 Wards of the state. It will be recalled that the Healthcare Initiative launched by the Health Commissioners’ Forum and supported by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Federal Ministry of Health, is aimed at early diagnosis and counselling as well as management of ailments that lead to sudden death. According to a press...

No fewer than 1,000 residents of Gobirawa Ward in the Fagge Local Government Area have benefited from a free medical outreach programme, following the rise in cases of malaria, typhoid and other related illnesses due to persistent rains in Kano. Over 20 volunteer medical doctors participated in the programme, offering free consultations and treatment. The initiative focused on ailments such as malaria, ulcers, diabetes, hypertension and other infectious diseases. As an indigene and public officeholder,...

Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has flagged off free basic healthcare aimed at providing services to vulnerable populations across the state. During the flag-off ceremony at the government house in Dutse, Governor Namadi said 143,500 vulnerable individuals are expected to benefit from the programme. He reaffirmed his administration’s commitment of ensuring that all vulnerable individuals across the state have access to national healthcare standards. “The government will continue to provide free healthcare services, gradually...

The head of mission in Nigeria of Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) Dr Issaley Abdel Kader has alerted government and organizations on impending increase cases of malaria cholera and other waterborne diseases in Maiduguri, following the recent devastating floods in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital and its environs. He noted that many will remain vulnerable without immediate improvements to hygiene and healthcare access, and stressed the need for urgent medical and humanitarian support...

Adamawa State government has clarified that the reported cases of acute watery diarrhea recorded in three wards of Yola North local government area of the state are not cholera outbreak. Hon. Felix Tangwami, Commissioner for Health and Human Services who clarified during a press conference in Yola, said the acute watery diarrhea whose causative agent is still under investigation. The Commissioner added that the state government has deployed additional nurses and final-year students of the College...

Ahead of local government elections in Kano State, twenty (20) chairmanship aspirants have tested positive for multiple drugs screening exercise. The Kano State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Abubakar Idris Ahmad, who disclosed this, explained that the aspirants presented by the ruling NNPP in the state tested positive for substances, including opioids, hemp benzodiazepines and nicotine. “While no female aspirant had tested positive so far, the screening process was ongoing and...