health

Bauchi Commissioner urges follow-up on Child Birth Spacing

The Bauchi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aliyu Maigoro, has recommended that follow-up appointments…

Farmer urges measures against post COVID-19 food crisis, malnutrition in Africa

Mr. Daniel Okafor, the National President, Potato Farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN), has advised…

FG to use hotels, schools as quarantine, isolation centres

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said the Federal Government would require hotels…

COVID-19: We’ve yet to receive promised ventilators from U.S. – Minister

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, says the Federal Government…

Don’t expose your children to cold during rainy season, Paediatrician warns parents

A Paediatrician, Dr. Mary Akintomide, has advised parents against exposing their children to cold…

COVID-19: NHIS donates PPE to Police

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the…

Hydroxychloroquine: PTF on COVID-19 backs WHO, cautions NAFDAC

The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government…

Health ministry shortlists three Nigerian drugs with potentials to cure, treat COVID-19

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said the Federal Ministry of Health has…

COVID-19: Bauchi records two new deaths, discharges 37

The Bauchi State Ministry of Health has announced the deaths of two people due…

Man allegedly rejected by Isolo General Hospital in Lagos over COVID-19 fears is dead

A man allegedly rejected by the Isolo General Hospital in Lagos State over fears…

LAUTECH Teaching Hospital threatens to mass bury unclaimed corpses in two weeks

The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso, Oyo State has threatened…

COVID-19: Confirmed cases in Africa rise over 115,000

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday reported that coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa…

Drug abuse causes mental health problems, expert warns youths

A consultant psychiatrist at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, Dr Oyedun Rotimi, has warned…

Gombe: 18 COVID-19 patients refuse to undergo treatment

18 Coronavirus patients have reportedly refused to undergo treatment for the disease in Gombe…

Coronavirus spreads to 16 of Ogun’s 20 LGAs

The Ogun State Government on Monday said COVID-19 had spread to 16 out of…