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February 5, 2020 No Responses

Stakeholders Seek Legal Backing For Six Months Maternity Leave In Kaduna

Nutrition stakeholders in Kaduna State have commenced processes to push for a legal backing for the six months maternity leave approved by the state government for nursing mothers in the state’s civil service.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...

January 29, 2020 No Responses

Editor: Automotive Sector Is Vulnerable To Coronavirus Impacts

As the coronavirus crisis deepens, there are rising concerns over the potential economic impact, including for the global automotive industry.Reviewing the development, Automotive Editor at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, David Leggett, said:...

January 25, 2020 No Responses

Experts Caution Against Unprescibed Use Of Sex Stimulants

Some experts have cautioned against excessive and sometimes unprescribed use of sex stimulant in view of its health implications.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that sex stimulants could be found in orthodox and natural forms, including herbs, foods a...

November 16, 2019 No Responses

Kano Budgets N30b For Health Sector In 2020

The Kano State Government allocated over N30 billion to the health sector in its 2020 budget proposal presented recently to the State House of Assembly for approval. In a chat with Journalists after he appeared before the Assembly to defend...

October 26, 2019 No Responses

IMF/World Bank Forum Participant Diagnosed With Chickenpox

A participant at the recent International Monetary Fund/World Bank Annual Meetings held in Washington DC, United States, has been diagnosed with chickenpox.The Secretary of IMF, Jianhai Lin, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, citing a letter from the Was...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

W Initiative Explains Agenda For Health Month

The W Initiative, a flagship women empowerment programme from Access Bank Plc, has announced plans for its 2019 W Health Month aimed at improving community awareness on health issues that affect women and their families by bridging knowledge gap, providing...

March 12, 2019 No Responses

Nic’s Butchery Partners CCD Superstores To Promote Healthy Lifestyle

Nic’s Butchery and CCD Superstores, a subsidiary of Nosak Group have announced a new partnership that will see the retail outlets stock Nic’s brand of fresh meat in all its outlets across Lagos State. The partnership is aimed at promoting...

February 7, 2019 No Responses

ILO, UNICEF: Only 35 Per Cent Of Children Are Covered By Social Protection

Social protection is critical in helping children escape poverty and its devastating effects, yet, the vast majority of children have no effective social protection coverage, UNICEF and the ILO said in a joint report. Evidence shows clearly that cash transfers...

September 6, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Approves N6 Trillion For National Strategic Health Development Plan II

May 26, 2018 No Responses

ILO: AIDS’ Impact On Labour Force Costs Billions In Lost Earnings

In addition to human suffering, HIV and AIDS cause billions of dollars in lost earnings, largely as a result of the deaths of hundreds of thousands of workers that could be prevented with treatment, the ILO said in a...

May 16, 2018 No Responses

Ebola: Report Suspected Communicable Disease To Air Traffic Controllers, NCAA Tells Pilots

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has directed all pilots flying within the country’s airspace to report any form of communicable disease onboard their flights to Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) on duty. NCAA in a statement by Mr. Sam Adurogbo...

March 2, 2018 No Responses

‘Caution Your Daughters on Donation of Eggs’

By Daniels Ekugo A health expert, Dr Omobolade Obadofin, has warned parents to keep a watch over their daughters, whom she said is at risk of having cancer or been infertile because of the trend in donating eggs for financial...

February 8, 2018 No Responses

‘90% Nigerian households consume contaminated water’

Ninety per cent of households in Nigeria consume contaminated water and other impure substances, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) has revealed. Mrs Maureen Zubie-Okolo, a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist with UNICEF, told the News Agency of Nig...

December 19, 2017 No Responses

Medical expert seeks ban on cough syrups

Dr Fatima Hassan, Pedeatric Consultant at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), has called on the Federal Government to ban cough syrups in the country. She made the call at the Senate Roundtable on Drug Abuse Epidemic in Kano on Monday....