Lagos affirms commitment to effective health insurance system
Dr Emmanuella Zamba, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA), has affirmed the agency’s commitment to ensuring a more effective health insurance system. Zamba gave the assurance this during the Eko Social Health Alliance (EKOSHA) Town Hall Meeting for Lagos Health Districts. The event held at Bariga Local Council Development Area Hall, on Thursday.Stakeholders, […]
Kenneth Sisi eulogizes Oyibode on performance as Udu council boss
The Councillor representing Udu Ward 12 in the legislative arm of Udu Local Government Council, Delta State, Hon Kenneth Sisi, aka King High Spirit has passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of the council Chairman, Olorogun Vincent Ogheneruemu Oyibode over his superlative performance since assumption of office last year, describing the council boss […]
Food Safety: FG launches national guideline for sodium reduction
By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – AS food consumption and safety remain major focus of public health, and in the quest to safeguard the lives of Nigerians the Federal government through the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Wednesday, launched the National Guideline for Sodium Reduction for Food Handlers’ Medical Test in the country. The […]
Why we prioritise industrial peace in maritime industry —Adeyanju
The outgoing President-General, PG, of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, Prince Adewale Adeyanju, has reflected on his transformative eight-year tenure as the PG of the Union and gave insight into why his leadership prioritized industrial peace. During an interface with journalists at the union’s Lagos headquarters, as he prepares to pass the torch to […]
NDPHC targets Egbema plant to boost power supply by 375MW
By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Managing Director/CEO of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Engr. Jennifer Adighije, has disclosed that power generation will increase by 375 megawatts upon the completion of the Egbema Power Plant by the end of the year. Currently, the plant is about 67 percent complete and is expected to operate […]
H.pylori: 87% Nigerians at risk of ulcer-causing bacteria — NIMR
THE Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, yesterday, said urgent steps must be taken to tackle the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) disease saying the silent bacterial infection fuels gastritis, ulcers and gastric cancer.
