Imo State Government will soon address the ecological disaster at Nekede, Commissioner for Tourism, Mr Uche Ohia, said in Owerri on Wednesday. “The ecological disaster that has affected access to the Imo State Zoo and Wildlife Park through the old...
Environment stakeholders have embarked on flood mitigating actions and public education on adequate preparation to forestall the negative effects of flooding in the South-East. In Enugu State, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has embarked on massive sensitisation...
Prof. Omodele Eletta of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Ilorin, has discovered the use of eggshell, coconut shell, sawdust and croaker fish scales for the prevention of environmental pollution. Eletta disclosed this in her Inaugural Lecture entitled: “Bad yet...
Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, will head the World Health Organization (WHO)’s newly-inaugurated Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence based in Berlin, Germany. Outgoing German Chancellor, Dr. Angela Merkel, and the WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros...
President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked Rotary Club for its various interventions in the health sector, particularly putting in $268 million in the fight against Polio. The president gave the commendation when he received Rotary International President, Mr. Shekhar Mehta and...
Thirty stranded patients at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba and the Asaba Specialist Hospital (ASH) have heaved a sigh of relief. The relief came as Wife of Delta Governor, Dame Edith Okowa, paid their medical bills worth N7.8 million. Speaking at...
Former Governor of Anambra, Mr. Peter Obi, has donated N100 million to Bishop Shanahan Specialist Hospital Nsukka (BSSHN) to upgrade its School of Nursing and Midwifery to a College. BSSHN is a missionary hospital owned and managed by Nsukka Catholic Diocese. Obi...
The Federal Government says no doctor or health worker in Nigeria is owed monthly salary. The Minster of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, said this at the opening of the meeting of the Presidential Committee on Salaries with the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the setting up of a Health Sector Reform Committee for development and implementation of a Health Sector Reform programme for Nigeria. The committee, to be chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, would also work in collaboration with State Governments...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa, as the new Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Adetifa replaces Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, who has been appointed to head the World Health Organization (WHO)’s...