Nigerians who are diagnosed with renal failure especially, End Stage Renal Disease(ESRD) and in need of transplant as well as others wishing to assist are being placed on the alert of an illegal cartel on the loose. A memo issued by the Director, Hospital Services, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Wapada Balami on the behalf…
UNICEF’s social media platform set up to engage communities on developments has hit two million Nigerian responders. According to UNICEF, the social platform which uses short message service (SMS) has about four million users globally, “More than half global U-Report responders are in Nigeria”. Launched in 2011, the platform known as U-Report, uses simple Short…
Nigerians have been told to remain calm as Federal Government confirms three of 43 suspected cases of Monkeypox in the country even as one of the recovering case allegedly commits suicide. At a joint media briefing by Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole and Chief Executive/ Epidemiologist, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr Chikwe…
It is a welcome development that stakeholders are increasingly developing new innovations to improve and fortified staple foods in subn-Saharan region of West Africa and Nigeria is indeed not left behind.
Check out @WFP’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/WFP/status/919154603341512705?s=09
GIRLS today enjoy better life prospects than previous generations in many ways. Prosperity and nutrition are improving, child marriage and teenage pregnancy are declining, and female educational attainment and participation in the labour force are on the rise. However, these advances are far from universal and are increasingly tenuous in many parts of the world.…
As global attention again focuses on the plight of the girl child, the United d Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has thumbs up the action of first Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari and the National Assembly at determining to tackle the plague of malnutrition among Nigerian children. UNICEF which expressed concern at the estimated 2.5m Nigerian children under…
Activities marking 30years of the Upper Room Baptist Church, Ketu, Lagos began with series of events including the visitation to Orphanage homes to showcase the love of Christ to the less-privileged. In a statement by chairman Anniversary Committee, Richard Adewole, also lined up to celebrate the work of the Lord I’m the Vineyard are…
Getting School placement in Nigeria is not like peeling a ripe banana. The hurdles are numerous but for the Girl-Child, the task is daunting. A new report scheduled for launch on Wednesday to mark the International day of the Girl Child in Abuja reveals that of the 10 toughest places to get a girl educated,…
It is no wonder that when produce from a well nurtured farm is consumed, the consumers would necessarily often become healthy thus living well. This was the finding of a recent study on harnessing the nutrition co-benefits of climate resilient Agriculture by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). It was a study on…
The reported outbreak of viral Monkeypox on September 22 has so far spread to seven States with 31 persons suspiciously affected. The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a news release this evening listed the seven affected states as: Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ekiti, Lagos and Ogun. Bayelsa was the first to…
Dr Ayoola Sanu is the Medical Director Solid Rock Hospital in Ojodu Lagos State. An astute medical businessperson who says he grew his private practice for 25 years without a Bank Loan. He however, thinks the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) meant to cushion healthcare financing, presently is unfavourable to all stakeholders. How was the…
