The Jigawa Government on Saturday said it would prosecute parents who reject the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) for their children in the ongoing immunisation exercise in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Tafida, told newsmen that defaulter...
It may be regarded as dividends of democracy. But the fact remains that Lagos State has become a giant construction site with the man at the helm of affairs in haste to deliver. One area the present administration led by Mr. Babatunde Fashola has stamp...
The government of River State has stepped up its efforts to make life bearable for the physically challenged people in the state. Speaking at an interactive session which was a side event of the innaguration of the River State Women Association, Atlant...
Wife of River State Governor and Founder, Empowerment Support Initiative {ESI}, Dame Judith Amaechi, has promised that she will continue to use her office to promote and encourage education and health care in the state. Speaking at the weekend where sh...
The use of illicit drugs by drivers has been identified as the major factor responsible for 80 per cent of road accidents on the nation’s roads. The Director General of National Agency for&nbs...
A consultant clinical microbiologist/parasitologist, National Hospital, Abuja, Dr Kenneth Iregbu, has disclosed that over 95 per cent of the country’s laboratory reports were unreliable. He said in an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP in Abuja ...
Dr Ado Mohammed, the Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, says the Federal Government will spend N1.6 billion on the MenAfriVac immunisation campaign. Mohammed said this in Abuja on Wednesday during a stakehol...
More floods have hit Northern and Central Taraba, ravaging communities on the banks of River Benue. The Chairman of Ardo-Kola Local Government,Dr Jalo Buba, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Sunkani on Monday. He said more than 3,000 hectares of ...
The Kano State Branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)on Monday threatened to go on strike if the State Government did not implement the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) for its members. This is contained in a statement signed b...
The HIV/AIDS has reportedly killed no fewer than 46 widows across Delta State, while 26 others are said to be on death roll. Dependable sources said widows in the state, especially young ones have been indulging in promiscuity as a means of surviving, ...
Activities at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, was yesterday paralysed as workers of the hospital embarked on strike following the implementation of the non skipping of CONTISS/CONHESS10 by the management of the hospital. Addressing newsmen at th...
The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Terence McCulley, on Monday in Abuja said his country had supported Nigeria with a grant of 500 million dollars in the fight against HIV/AIDS and other related diseases since 2005. McCulley said this at the inaugurati...
A total of 52 persons died in road accidents between January and June in Anambra state, the Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Hyginus Omeje has said. Omeje told newsmen in Awka on Monday that 354 motorists and travellers were invol...
Last month, a three- year old child was infected with the wild polio virus in Dabra ward of Katsina State. What is news, however, is the fact that the child was said to have been vaccinated eight times by the father, who also disclosed that...
An International Non Governmental Organisation, AFCON, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health, has commenced food safety campaigns in different markets in Enugu, the Coal City capital. The group which is currently sensit...