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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Bauchi Chief Field Office announced yesterday – Wednesday, December 18 – that more than N3.4 trillion was expended between 2023 and 2024 on various interventions across five States in Nigeria under its franchise. The States include

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says 19.2 million citizens have enrolled into health insurance scheme surpassing its 2024 target Dr Kelechi Ohiri, Director-General, NHIA, disclosed this in Abuja, at a Universal Health Coverage (UHC ), day commemoration roundtable to reflect

Gov. Peter Mbah has urged dog owners in Enugu State to vaccinate their dogs against rabies as part of the state’s efforts to eliminate the continued transmission of the disease. Speaking yesterday (Sunday, December 15), while inaugurating the Zero Rabies in

A coalition of experts, farmers, women and youth groups, and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has called for a ban on the use and consumption of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Nigeria. The group, operating under the GMO-Free Nigeria Alliance and led

Yobe State has won a 500,000 dollars prize for being the North-East’s best-performing state in effective Primary Health Care (PHC) service delivery. This is contained in a statement by Alhaji Hussaini Mai-Sule, Press Secretary to Deputy Gov. Alhaji Idi Gubana, in

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a warning to Nigerians against the use of Deekins Amoxycillin 500mg capsules. This follows reports of serious adverse reactions experienced by patients across the country. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General

By Chido Nwakanma If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse trap than his neighbours, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his

A Sierra Leonean medical scientist and Chief Strategist of Project 1808, Dr Alhaji U. N’jai, has raised concerns about the escalating threat of Lassa fever. Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease fueled by interactions between humans and rodents, as well

A Consultant Dermatologist, Dr Folakemi Cole-Adeife has warned women and all make-up artists that the use of unsterilised makeup brushes can cause skin infection, monkeypox, hepatitis or even HIV infection. Cole-Adeife who works at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja,

A survey conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a French NGO, has shown extreme levels of malnutrition among children in Katsina and some States in the Northwest. Disclosing the result of the survey in a statement yesterday (Saturday, December 7), in Abuja, the FCT,