HEALTH

LAGOS – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged herbal medicine practitioners to collaborate with researchers to make herbal products internationally acceptable after clinical trials. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the agency, made the plea on Tuesday. Adeyeye said in a statement that …

ABUJA – The Federal Government on Tuesday, urged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), to suspend its ongoing industrial action across the country. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said this in a statement signed by Mr Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Head, Press and Public Relations in …

Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has said that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in June this year, ranked Edo State as the best state, after Lagos, in managing the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, adding that the …

Benin City: A youth-led non-governmental organization known as the Connected Advocacy for Empowerment and Youth Development Initiative (CAEYDI) has called on Primary HealthCare Centers (PHCs) to improve on their youth friendly reproductive health services in order to reduce the high rate of unwanted pregnancies prevalent among adolescent and youth in …

On August 27th, over 1,000 members of religious organization called Shincheonji Church of Jesus participated in donating plasma for the cure of COVID-19. This is carried out under the invitation of the health authorities in South Korea back on 24th, asking Shincheonji Church to cooperate for donating additional plasma for …

…promises to make Edo healthcare hub The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, commissioned the fourth coronavirus (COVID-19) molecular laboratory to boost testing capacity for the disease in the state and contain the pandemic. Commissioning the testing facility at Lily Hospital in Benin City, Obaseki said: “The Lily …

Amid the ongoing electioneering campaigns in the run-up to the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo State, the state government has urged residents to abide by all health and safety precautions to check the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in order to remain healthy and protect the elderly population. Commissioner …

As the coronavirus otherwise known as covid 19 continues to ravage the world globally unabated, the people of Oraekpen Development Association (ODA) USA branch over the weekend distributed food items to windows and the needy in Ora clan, Sabongida-Ora, Owan West local government area. Speaking at the event, the founding …

The Edo State Government has urged residents to ensure strict compliance to set guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic amid electioneering campaign for the September 19, 2020 governorship election in the state, as death toll for the virus hits 100. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, …

BENIN CITY – The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) (aka Pyrates Confraternity), Benin branch 2 has held it’s 2020 annual Feast of Barracuda and attributed the continued spikes in COVID-19 in the country to include indecisive leadership at all levels. The association also identified by the association were poor and …