Eko Club International (ECI), a global body of Lagos Diaspora indigenes, has offered free medical check-ups, medications and treatment for over 6,000 indigent residents of Lagos State. The President of ECI, Chief Saheed Olushi stated this while addressing journalists at the dinner organised at the palace of Elegbeda of Egbeda, Oba Abdul-Hammed Oorelope-Laka, after the club’s 2024 Medical Mission, held in some Lagos communities. According to reports, the intervention in Egbeda in Alimosho Local Government...

The National Emergency Medical Services and Ambulance System to include Kaduna State’s Ministry of Health, aiming to bring doorstep ambulance services to rural communities is underway. Dr. Saidu Ahmed, National Programme Manager of the emergency system, disclosed this during a stakeholder workshop in Kaduna focused on implementing Rural Ambulance and Transportation Services. Dr Ahmed, who is also Senior Medical Adviser to the Minister of Health, stated that the system’s goal is of ensuring emergency medical...

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...