Health

FG Targets 63,000 At Risk Children in Borno – Official The At-Risk-Children Programme (ARC-P) of the Federal Government is targeting 63,000 out-of-school children in Borno. The Borno Coordinator of the programme, Hajiya Inna Galadima, made this known during a stakeholders engagement on Monday in Maiduguri. Galadima, who was represented by…

Nigeria Records 42 New Cases Of COVID -19 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 42 new COVID-19 cases in the country over a two-week period, with the majority coming from Lagos State. The NCDC made this announcement via its official website, noting that Edo, Kano,…

Angelina Jolie Steps Down as UNHCR Ambassador Oscar-winning US actress Angelina Jolie says she is stepping down from her role as an ambassador for the UN refugee agency UNHCR after more than 20 years. In a post on instagram Jolie said I believe in many things the UN does, particularly…

Africa to Produce 60% COVID-19 Vaccines by 2040 — Health Experts Health experts across African countries have projected the continent to produce 60 per cent of its vaccines domestically by 2040. They also said that Africa could increase its overall capacity for pharmaceutical manufacturing on the continent. They made this…

NAFDAC Raids Lagos Warehouse, Seizes 115 Carton of Potassium Bromate Tablets THE National Agency for Food, Drug Administration, and Control, NAFDAC, Monday disclosed that its officers raided a warehouse in the Apongbon area of Lagos Island where they found one hundred and fifteen, 115 cartons of Potassium bromate tablets worth…

FG Approves Immediate Relaxation of COVID-19 Safety Measures The Federal Government has approved the immediate relaxation of COVID-19 safety measures and travel advisories, including the suspension of all pre-departure, pre-boarding, and post-arrival PCR test requirements. Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on…

NHIA Hails Defence Health Maintenance for Best Performance The Nigerian Military on Monday said the National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA, has ranked Defence Health Maintenance Limited, DHML, as the best performing Health Maintenance Organisation in Nigeria, going by its efficient service delivery across board. Speaking at the 10th Defence Health…

Flood Killed 600, Displaced Over 1.3m Nigerians in 2022 — UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund has said that no fewer than Six hundred Nigerians died and One point three million others rendered homeless as a result of the flood that ravaged most states across the country this year. The Chief…

Dark Urine May be Sign of Liver, Kidney Disease — Experts Health experts have urged Nigerians to pay attention to their urine colour, noting that unusual changes in urine colour could be a sign of infection, kidney and liver problems. The experts disclosed this during an interviews with newsmen stressing…