The Federal Government on Thursday called for increased awareness on violence against women and girls aimed at ending the scourge. Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, Wife of the Vice President and founder, The Women’s Helping Hands Initiative, made the call at the launch of “Orange the World with Doctors,” in Abuja. Orange the World with Doctors is…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that Nigeria’s COVID-19 active cases stand at 1,490, with majority in stable condition, as it registered additional 39 cases on Thursday, June 17. The NCDC, gave this indication through its verified website on Friday morning . The public health agency stated that the 39 additional new…
World Health Organisation (WHO) says one in every 100 dies by their own hand, noting that suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. WHO, in its latest estimates, published on Thursday in “Suicide worldwide in 2019” revealed that every year, more people die as a result of suicide than HIV, malaria or…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 17 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country as of June 15. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday morning. It noted that 11 states had zero cases reported, which were; Plateau, Nasarawa, Cross River, Imo, Kano, Bauchi, Kaduna, Sokoto, Oyo, Ondo…
No fewer than 92 persons on Tuesday voluntarily donated Blood to save lives at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola to mark the 2021 World Blood Donor Day. The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr Mohammed Abubakar, disclosed this while briefing the newsmen at the end of the exercise in Yola. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
A Federal Government’s delegation arrived in Gusau, on Tuesday, for the implementation of the World Bank-funded National COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) in Zamfara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the delegation, led by Prof. Funsho Aderebigbe, was in the state to conduct a readiness assessment and advisory visit on the…
