The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says 746 Nigerians die annually from oral cancer complications in the country. He said 1,146 cases were diagnosed in the country annually. Ehanire, who was represented by Dr Gloria Uzo-Igwe, Head of the…
Strike: FG, resident doctors in talks over demands
The Federal Government has commenced discussions with the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors over the demands of the doctors. The Publicity Secretary of NARD, Dr. Yusuf Alfa, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent. The resident doctors had on…
FG warns smokers of Covid-19 risk, group laments 16,000 deaths
The Federal Government on Monday said there was proof that tobacco users and those with underlying non-communicable diseases were at higher risks of severe Covid-19 outcomes. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, stated this in Abuja on Monday at…
*Guard electrocuted while plucking pawpaw in Lagos (Punch)*Core investors reject concession plan of Lagos Trade Fair complex (Sun)
Guard electrocuted while plucking pawpaw in Lagos (Punch) A security guard, Uchena Harrison, has been electrocuted while attempting to pluck pawpaw from a tree at his workplace in the Abule Oshun area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the…
*PwC senior partner drowns in Lagos, police probe aides (Punch) *Two brothers, three others in EFCC net for alleged internet fraud (Nation)
PwC senior partner drowns in Lagos, police probe aides (Punch) The Deputy Country Senior Partner, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Nigeria, Tola Ogundipe, is dead. PUNCH Metro learnt that Ogundipe went missing on Saturday while boating on a coast near Lagos. The…
Nigeria receives COVID-19 vaccine from Russia
The federal government has reportedly received the samples of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine called Sputnik V. According to a report by Channels Television, Russia’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexey Shebarshin, gave the samples of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Minister of Health,…
*20-year-old sells newborn for N130,000 (Nation) *Air force men lead hoodlums to demolish Lagos buildings (Punch)
20-year-old sells newborn for N130,000 (Nation) A 20-YEAR-old woman arrested by the police for selling her newborn for N130,000 to suspected traffickers yesterday said the money she took was for her upkeep and that she gave the child away because…
*Ramadan: Ex-Lagos deputy governor, Adebule, greets Muslims (Tribune) *COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu inaugurates 118-bed isolation centre in Lagos (Punch)
Ramadan: Ex-Lagos deputy governor, Adebule, greets Muslims (Tribune) A former deputy governor of Lagos State, Dr Idiat Adebule, has urged Muslims to use the Ramadan period to pray and work towards finding a solution to the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the…
COVID-19: What President Buhari has done, and is doing – Presidency
In his broadcast to the nation on Sunday, March 29, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari declared that “in Nigeria’s fight against COVID-19, there is no such thing as an overreaction or under-reaction. It is all about the right reaction by the…
Lagos hospital clears China returnee of Coronavirus (Nation)
The Lagos State government has debunked insinuations that the dreaded Coronavirus had found its way into the state. In a statement at the weekend, the government said: “The attention of Lagos State has been drawn to a story of a…