According to Mr Onoja, the planting of the trees was aimed at restoring a healthy ecosystem, promoting nature conservation as well as reversing the trend of environmental devastation – such as flooding and erosion in the state, whose root cause is habitat degradation…
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“There Is No Such Thing As Malaria-Typhoid, Avoid Combining Malaria And Typhoid Drugs” – Doctor
She noted that Malaria was a distinctively different disease from Typhoid and as such, drugs for Malaria and Typhoid should not be combined in suspected cases of malaria, as popularly done by Nigerians…
She also emphasized that using Typhoid antibiotics in cases of Malaria was abuse of the antibiotics and could lead to antibiotics resistance which could cause bigger problems in future…
Mayor Of Johannesburg, South Africa, Dies Of COVID-19
According to South Africa’s Media, Acting Executive Mayor and member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Health and Social Development, Eunice Mgcina, asked mourners not to converge on the home of the deceased…
Anambra Begins 2nd Dose Of COVID -19 Vaccination
Anambra State Government has flagged off the second dose of Phase One COVID-19 vaccination. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala, performed the ceremony on behalf of Governor Obiano, at the State Immunization Cold Store, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka. The Commissioner assured Ndi Anambra of the safety […]
Nigeria has recorded 104 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus Infections
The Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that Nigeria has recorded 104 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus Infections. The number of cases are as follows; Lagos 48 Enugu 16 Kwara 8 Kaduna 6 Plateau 5 Kano 5 Rivers 4 FCT 4 Ogun 4 Edo 2 Ekiti 1 Kastina […]
Nigeria recorded 113 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Infections
Nigeria on Friday recorded 113 new cases of coronavirus infections.According to the Nigeria center for Disease (NCDC), the new cases were recorded from 9 states including the federal capital territory.A breakdown of the cases show Lagos recorded 53 cases,Rivers-22Akwa Ibom-12Kaduna-12Ondo-6Osun-3FCT-2Jigawa-1Nasarawa-1Kano-1 Till date, 162,388 cases of the virus have been confirmed, […]
Nigeria yesterday recorded 96 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus Infections
A Release from Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, shows that 96 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday, 24th March, 2021. The new cases were recorded as follows: Lagos- 28Yobe- 20Akwa Ibom- 10Cross River- 9Kaduna- 6Kano- 5Edo- 4Oyo- 3Plateau- 3Jigawa- 2Osun- 2Borno- 1Nasarawa- 1Rivers- 1 andSokoto- […]
Nigeria ranks second after India in Global Childhood Tuberculosis
Statistics show that Nigeria ranks second in the world in the highest number of children with tuberculosis (TB) According to a release by the Federal Government, Nigeria is second only to India in the global child tuberculosis index. Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, disclosed during the ministerial […]
122, 410 Nigerians Vaccinated In Nigeria
An update has been released by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, on Monday to show that a total of 122,410 eligible Nigerians have so far been vaccinated, representing 3.1 per cent of the proportion vaccinated. A breakdown of the NPHCDA update contained in an Electronic Management of […]
COVID-19: Nigeria develops two vaccines, awaits clinical trials, certification
Nigeria has produced two vaccines against the virus, which are set to undergo clinical trials and possible certification. This was made known by Chairman of the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, at the briefing of the PTF […]