A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Monday, sentenced a 36 year-old woman, Omolara Atoyebi to one year imprisonment for dealing in 895gm of Cannabis Sativa. Delivering judgment, Justice Nkeonye Maha held that she convicted and sentenced Atoyebi based on the evidence tendered against her by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as well…
Immediate-past President of the United States, Joe Biden, has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer. This was disclosed in a statement from his personal office on Sunday. The statement noted that the disease has spread to his bones. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted opioids worth over N3.2 billion in separate operations at Apapa and Port Harcourt ports. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that at the Port Harcourt Port complex in Onne, Rivers,…
The Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF), a non-profit organisation, has identified three major gaps in the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The NSSF also urges closing of the gaps to make the scheme more impactful. The NSSF Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr Fejiro Chinye-Nwoko, made this known in an interview with News…
The wife of Ebonyi Governor, Mrs Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, has urged pregnant women in the state not to treat issues concerning antenatal and postnatal care with levity. Nwifuru who made the call while inaugurating her Baby Shower Initiative and Maternity Day in Abakaliki, urged women not to joke with advice from health professionals. She said that…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two octogenarians, Ashiru Ayuba, 80 and UlomaUchechi, 82 as well as her daughter Chisom Uchechi, 32 for alleged drug peddling. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja stated that one of the suspects, Ayuba had previously been arrested and prosecuted by…
An NGO, Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF), said it had impacted 32 million lives in its four years of operating in the country’s health system. The Managing Director, Dr Fejiro Chinye-Nwoko, made the disclosure during a courtesy visit to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday. According to her, the feat was…
Mrs Helen Mutfwang, Plateau governor’s wife, has rallied stakeholders and grassroots leaders to ensure the successful rollout of a N1 billion Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign targeting two million children across the state. Mrs Mutfwang said on Wednesday in Jos that there was an urgent need for unified action to protect children from life-threatening diseases. The…
The House of Representatives has tasked the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency with enforcing mandatory diphtheria immunisation across the country. This resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Rep. Bitrus Laori (PDP–Adamawa) during plenary on…
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Wednesday urged the public to remain vigilant and continue practicing COVID-19 prevention measures as case numbers are rising in several countries around the world. The advisory, which calls for preventive measures such as wearing face masks in public spaces and avoiding large gatherings, came amid a slight uptick in…
