Saturday, 27 July, 2024

Category: Health


President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Sector-wide Coordinating Office-Programme Management Unit, SCO-PMU, domiciled in the Office of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare. A statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu’s media aide, said the move was Read more…


By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo Recently, the Hon Minister of Health, Prof Mahmoud Ali Pate paid a consequential visit to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi to mark the anniversary of their one-year relocation to the permanent site of the Read more…


The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the attack and killing of 18 farmers in Mbacher community of Katsina-Ala local government area of the State by gunmen suspected to be local bandits on Friday night. The Police Public Relations Officer Read more…


Around 40 people have reportedly been killed and hundreds more injured in Bangladesh, after student protests raging since the beginning of July turned violent. The protesters are demanding reforms to the recruitment system for public sector jobs.  Tensions escalated on Read more…


Operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, have killed one of the kidnappers who abducted the mother of the famous Hausa singer, Dauda Kahutu Rarara, while a second kidnapper was reportedly arrested after a gun duel. A DSS source Read more…


A Ukrainian woman doused herself in flammable liquid and self-immolated in front of a courthouse in the Kiev region, reportedly in protest of her husband’s conscription being denied a postponement. The Kiev region police confirmed that the incident took place Read more…


Gunmen on Thursday in Benin attacked the convoy of the Edo governorship candidate of APC, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, and the reinstated Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, killing one of the security details. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Read more…


From Ijeoma John Nnewi The Honorable Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Mohammed Ali Pate has on Wednesday stated the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to the transformation of the nation’s health sector targeted at improving the health of Read more…


The House of Representatives has lost yet another member, Hon. Ekene Abubakar Adams. Until his death on Tuesday morning after a brief illness, Adams was chairman, House Committee on Sports, and representing Chikun/Kajuru federal constituency of Kaduna State. Adams’ close Read more…


The Coordinating Minister of Health, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate is expected to arrive Anambra State this morning. The Chief Medical Director of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Professor Joseph Ugboaja, and his team will be on hand to receive Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Civil Rights Concern(CRC) has commenced activities to promote improved maternal healthcare in Anambra State. The Executive Director of CRC, Okey Onyeka revealed this in a Communique issued at the end of a stakeholders meeting held in Awka. Read more…


Professor Joseph Ugboaja, the CMD of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) took time out of his frenetic schedule to address the press corps about the working visit of the Minister of Health, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate to NAUTH’s permanent Read more…