Category: Health

Niger Set To Establish Cancer Centre …. As Gov Sani-Bello Joins Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

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As efforts are being intensified to combat cancer disease, Niger State Government is to establish a cancer centre at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) Specialist Hospital, Minna. Governor Sani-Bello disclosed this during the awareness campaign of breast cancer early detection organized by the RAISE foundation and the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Centre under the auspices of Dr. Amina Abubakar Bello. He said that cancer was a global disease and needed to be eradicated, as such Nigeria has joined other countries to tackle the disease. “That is why we are making…

45TH ANNIVERSARY: NYSC Cleans up Motor park ,Offers Free Medical services

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It was with pomp and pageantry as the National Youth Service Corps rounded off its series of humanitarian services that marked the end of its forty five years anniversary celebrations.     The Jabi Motor park in Abuja, venue of the celebration was set agog by Corps Members and Staff of the Scheme as drivers, commuters and others residents benefited from free eye test, drug prescription and distribution of free eye glasses to the people with eye defects. The ceremony also witnessed the clearing of refuse dump at the motor…

Expert charges NYSC Staff On Stress Management

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A Consultant Physician and Fellow, West African College of Physicians, Dr Lanre Olatunde has urged NYSC staff to strive and maintain a healthy living standard as they discharge their official assignments.   He also advocated regular exercise adding that there was the need to go for medical check-up at least once in a year.   Dr Olatunde stated this while delivering a lecture entitled, “Maintaining a good health status in the face of stress in the work place”, at the 2018 Annual Management Conference held in Akure.   The medical…

Buhari condemns killing of aid worker by Boko Haram

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday condemned the killing of an aid worker who was kidnapped about six months ago in Rann, Borno State, by Boko Haram terrorist group.   The aid worker, Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa, was said to have been kidnapped at the Rann camp for internally displaced persons.   A statement by Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, said the President also condemned the terrorists’ threat to harm others, including the lone Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu still in their custody.   The…

Abandoned New Baby Rescued, mother In Coma

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A new born baby has been rescued after being abandoned by her mother at a market in Delta state. The young mother identified as Edesiri reportedly gave birth to the baby at the newly commissioned ultra modern market in Sapele area and abandoned her there. On Saturday night, vigilante men in the area heard the cry of a baby and followed the sound of the baby as well as trails of blood till both led them close to a female toilet in the market. The security men notified their boss,…

How the phones transmit virus, Germs

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A Public Health Physician, Dr Michael Oguntoye, has warned that mobile phones could transmit diseases and infections if it comes in contact with body fluids of an infected person. Oguntoye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that phones are “fomites” which could serve as medium of transmitting viral organism, causing diseases and infections on people. He described fomites as any non-living object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms, such as viruses or bacteria. “Taking a cell phone into the bathroom and then leaving with it, can carry diseases…

Respect for Rule of Law, Vital for Societal Rebirth – Gov Sani-Bello

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has maintained that for any society to be great, it’s citizens must ensure strict obedience and maintenance of law and order. He stated this in Minna, the state capital when he hosted over 1,500 Sanitory, Green Guards and Traffic Vanguards in the state. The Governor who noted that effective discharge of the role of each of the segment of the Vanguards would go a long way in improving the health sector which he said was critical to the development of the state and for…

FCT Nursing school conducts digital registration for 11,600 candidates

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The School of Nursing, Gwagwalada, FCT-Abuja, has registered 11,600 candidates digitally for its examination this year compared to the previous ones that was conducted manually. The Principal of the school, Mr Lakereks James, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, noted that the digital registration was the first of its kind since the inception of the school. The principal said that the computer-based examinations has helped in the area of registering and marking of scripts. He explained that this was…

ECOLOGICAL CHALLENGES : GOV SANI-BELLO CALLS FOR FG GOVT’S INTERVENTION …Orders Relocation Of Flood -Prone Communities To Safe Areas

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Encumbered by the financial implications and the enormity of ecological devastation ravaging Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello on Monday appealed for Federal Government intervention in addressing various ecological challenges in the state.   The governor specifically called on the Federal Government to come to the aid of the flood victims of Rafin Gora community in Kontagora Local Government Area of the state where 10 lives were lost to mudslides and gully erosion last week Monday after a heavy downpour.   He made the call when he paid a condolence…

NIGER GOVT TO KICK-START CONTRIBUTORY HEALTH SCHEME …As the State set to Establish Drug Control Committee

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Niger State Government Executive Council has approved the bill to establish the Niger State Contributory Health Scheme to allow for accessible healthcare services . Commissioner for Health and Health Services Dr. Mustapha Jibrin disclosed this at a press briefing in Government House, Minna. The Commissioner for Health stated that the bill became necessary in order to reduce the difficulty faced by the people in the payment of medical bills and to ensure that the people have quality and affordable healthcare services. “The Contributory Health Scheme became necessary because a lot…