Health

The Oyo State Government has closed six health facilities for engaging in quackery and hiring unqualified personnel. Among the sealed health facilities are New Jobi Memorial Hospital, Omolara Clinic and Maternity Home, Amazing Grace Medical Clinic, Emiloju Clinic and Maternity Centre, Safeway Clinic, and Emilagba Clinic and Maternity Centre. The...

There are indications that Kebbi state has recorded 25 new cases of polio virus in nine local government areas, the state Health Educator at the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Yusuf Sauwa has disclosed. Sauwa made this known at a one day stakeholder meeting with traditional rulers and media practitioners...

By Augustine Aminu The Food Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FOBTOB) an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has called for the suspension of the ban on alcoholic beverages in sachets by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The National Agency...

United Nations Office for Project Services has been accused of recruiting foreign companies to import mosquito treated nets into Nigeria as against the directive of the Federal Government. Managing Director of the Rosies Textile Mills Ltd, Mr. Nnamdi Iro Oji, in a petition sent to the National Assembly and copied...

The management of Reference Hospital Okene, Kogi state, have called for applications to fill medical vacancies in the health institution. This is contained in a statement signed by the management in Okene. The Reference Hospital Okene is an ultramodern hospital in the heart of Okene, the commercial centre of Kogi...

The Association of Kano Online Journalists, ASKOJ, has elected new executive members with Yakubu Salisu as its new Chairman. A statement signed by the Secretary of the Association, Yusuf Issa An-Nuphawi, said the new ASKOJ executive members were elected on Saturday at a congress meeting held at the Association’s office...