Health

Bauchi State government has been called upon to set aside adequate fund for maternal health programes so as to reduce the rate of maternal morbidity and mortality in the state. The Executive Director of a non gogernmental organization,  Community ...

The United States government and the federal government last week signed a partnership framework implementation plan on HIV/AIDS for 2010-2015. Speaking at the occasion, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim said t...

Recently, UNICEF, with funding from the Japanese government moved to curb the high incidences of malnutrition in some parts of northern Nigeria. WINIFRED OGBEBO, who went on a fact-finding mission, reports. A recent report has revealed that over 35,000...

Nigerians have been advised to stop discriminating against people living with HIV/AIDS among all categories of people. The advice was given by the coordinator, AIDS Prevention in Nigeria (APIN), Dr. (Mrs.) Tinuade Oyebode, at this year’s World AI...

People living with HIV/AIDS under the auspices of the Network for people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, NEPWAN, Bauchi state Chapter has called on both states and federal governments to enact law that will stop any form of stigmatization and discrimi...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Thursday confirmed that 44 Nigeria pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia during the hajj. Alhaji Yusuf Ibrahim, the National Commissioner in-charge of Policy, Personnel Management and Finance at NAHCON confir...

The South-East Governors’ Forum and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have declared 7 days of prayers and mourning for late ex-Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Chairman of the South East Gove...

Bianca, wife of the late Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, says she is grateful to God to have been able to see her husband through “his very bad times and life challenges''. She spoke in London when she received Dr Dalhatu Tafida, the Nigerian High Commi...

Residents of Oremeji in Aradagun near Badagry, Lagos, were on Sunday thrown into shock when a man presumed dead suddenly resurrected after three days in the mortuary.  It was gathered that the man, simply identified as Mr Agosu, died of an undiscl...

When one walks through the gates of the National Hospital, there is always this awareness of death lurking somewhere in the neighbourhood. Although the authorities of the hospital have done a great job, keeping the environment very clean and the flower...

No fewer than 16 people yesterday lost their lives during a ghastly auto crash along Auchi (Edo State) – Okene  (Kogi State) highway.  LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the incident occurred about 13 kilometres from Okene, the heart of ...

To aid easy access to health care in rural communities, especially as it concerns   curbing the upsurge in maternal mortality, the federal government has initiated a midwifery scheme.Records available indicate that women and children in rural...

Hajiya Zainab Ibrahim Gaidam, the third wife of Yobe Governor, died on Monday in Abuja, after a protracted illness.   A statement by the Special Adviser to the governor on Media, Alhaji Abdullahi Bego, said the funeral prayer for the deceased woul...