Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, confirmed on Saturday that the state has recorded fresh 74 COVID-19 cases thus necessitating a return to preventive measures to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. Filani said residents must adhere to the measures including “wearing of facemasks in public gatherings, maintaining hand hygiene through proper…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has issued a red alert for monkeypox. This comes after NCDC Director-General Ifedayo Adetifa revealed that the health agency has seen an increase in monkeypox cases in the country. Adetifa, speaking at a virtual media dialogue on monkeypox on Tuesday, June 28, warned that if the current trend continues,…
On Tuesday morning, June 28, members of the staff of the Abeokuta General Hospital in Ogun state locked the hospital’s entrance gate, preventing doctors and patients from entering. The disgruntled employees joined other state employees in an indefinite strike over claims that the state government has refused to pay their 21-month salary deductions. They started…
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has declared that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in self-isolation. On Friday, June 24, the 66-year-old President returned to the country from the United Arab Emirates, where he had made his first official trip abroad since his election on May 15. On June 22, the official…
For the first time in years, highly dangerous polio is spreading in the UK, prompting UK health officials to declare a national crisis. Sewage in London has been found to contain traces of the polio virus. After samples were taken from the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, the infectious illness, which can result in paralysis and…
In Adamawa State, five cases of monkeypox have been confirmed, with 57 others being investigated. As of June 12, the state Ministry of Health said it had laboratory-confirmed cases of the five. The first case was reported in April in Yola, the state capital, according to the Director of Public Health, Dr. Celine La’ori. She…
In what will come across as a really startling development, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said 36 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the country. The NCDC disclosed this in its latest monkeypox situation report. According to the NCDC, the disease has been confirmed in Lagos (7), Adamawa (5), Delta (3), River (3),…
Nigerian professor of Dermatology, Venereology and Clinical Immunology, Femi Soyinka, has passed on. He was 85 years old. The don died in the early hours of Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at his home in Kukumada Village, Ibadan, Oyo State, a statement signed by Ayodele Soyinka, son of the deceased on behalf of the family, said….
The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) Director-General, Brig Gen Muhammad Kaku Fadah, has stated that call-up letters for the 2022 Batch ‘B’ orientation course prospective corps members would be released on Sunday, June 12. Fadah stated this at a webinar co-hosted by the Scheme and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday, emphasizing…
A suspected case of monkeypox has been reported in Zamfara. The State Commissioner for Health, Aliyu Abubakar in a statement said though there is no confirmed case of monkeypox in the State, health personnel are currently examining the situation to ascertain if it is a confirmed case. Speaking during a roundtable meeting with media partners organized by the Zamfara…