Health

By John Ikani  President Muhammadu Buhari has given his consent to Nigeria’s hosting an International summit on Primary Health Care (PHC). The summit scheduled to hold in Abuja before the end of October or early November,...

By Chioma Iruke  Former Chairman of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mrs Farida Waziri, has suggested that drug tests should be included as one of the criteria for people nominated for...

By John Ikani  Resident doctors in Nigeria have rejected an Industrial Court order, directing the umbrella body– National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend its strike with immediate effect. Instead, the association in a communique...

By Grace Udofia To prevent childhood malnutrition among children, Kaduna State, one of Nigeria’s 36 states, has embarked on intensive training for teachers of Early Child Care Development Centres (ECCD) on mainstreaming nutrition. The Permanent Secretary,...

By John Ikani African Union (AU) has implored producers of vaccines to give the continent a fair shot at market access as opposed to waiting for donor-funded doses to arrive. It also urged manufacturing nations to...

By John Ikani  The Nigerian Government has disclosed plans to carry out COVID-19 vaccination in churches on Sundays. Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr. Faisal Shuaib made the disclosure during...