The Federal Government on Thursday said it would boost surgical research in tertiary institutions.
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has promised to work with the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) to boost the state’s transport system with the development of another rail line.
The star is not John Dramani Mahama, who has just been sworn in as the President of Ghana even if he too is a winner. The star is Ibrahim Mahama, no relation to John, a spectacular young artist we discovered in Tamale, northern Ghana. If Mungo Park discovered the river Niger, then we can claim we travelled from Nigeria to Tamale and discovered Mahama. Charmaine Pereira, Siddique Abubakar Mohammed, Massoud Omar and I have just spent three weeks travelling thousands of kilometres in Ghana, using commercial transport in motor parks and going through Tema, Accra, Kumasi, Tamale, Bolgatanga and ending…
Health stakeholders have explained the importance of antenatal care in promoting the well-being of pregnant women and their babies.
China said on Thursday it had recorded five cases of a new mpox strain, but that the “outbreak has been effectively handled.”
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger State, Governor Umaru Bago has directed that all casual staff in General Hospitals be paid N80,000 monthly. The state governments decision, which aims to improve the welfare of health workers and enhance the quality of care provided in state-run medical facilities was announced on Thursday in Minna. Speaking while addressing a group of casual workers from Minna General Hospital who had expressed grievances at the Government House in Minna, Bago stressed that the welfare of health workers is critical to achieving better health outcomes for the people of Niger State. The Governor while acknowledging the…
ASHENEWS reports that Fidelity Bank Plc has donated maternity kits to 30 pregnant women at the Mushin Primary Health Centre (PHC), Lagos, in a bid to improve maternal health in the area.
An environmental advocacy expert, Mrs Temitope Okunnu, has highlighted ways of mitigating the effects of climate change to boost food security.
Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum has inaugurated three boards in the health sector
and ordered a comprehensive overhaul of the state’s healthcare system to address pressing challenges.
A Consultant Cardiologist, Dr Gerald Edeh, has identified ‘stress’ as a major cause of high blood pressure and sudden death among Nigerian adults.