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National Hospital delivers 818 babies through IVF

National Hospital delivers 818 babies through IVF

…Grows patients carrying capacity to 450 beds in 20 years  by Ezra Ukanwa Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja, Dr. Jafaru Momoh, yesterday, disclosed that the hospital has delivered 818 babies through the In-Vitro Fertilisation, IVF, between 1999 and 2019. Addressing newsmen on the 20th-anniversary celebration of the hospital, Momoh also stated that […]
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Kebbi committed to improving health indices of women, children

Kebbi committed to improving health indices of women, children

Dr. Abubakar Kaoje, Executive Secretary, Kebbi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, says the state government is committed to improving maternal, newborn and child health indices in the state. Kaoje said in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday, that the state government would continue to adopt best practices to meet the health and nutritional needs of women […]

NBTE rates Edo high on readiness for technical education

NBTE rates Edo high on readiness for technical education

…assures on accreditation of institutions The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has scored Edo State high on its readiness to drive technical education on account of the quality and spread of training institutions and personnel for technical education to drive industrialisation in the state. A delegation from the NBTE led by its Deputy Director, […]

2020 Planting Season: PFI assures farmers of subsidised fertilizers

2020 Planting Season: PFI assures farmers of subsidised fertilizers

…as FG considers exporting NPK 20-20 fertilizer By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative, PFI, Friday, assured farmers of subsidized fertilizer rate for farmers’ affordability and accessibility in the 2020 wet season planting. 100 women undergo OBLBF free surgery to remove uterine fibroid Niger to spend N260m on youth empowerment This was disclosed […]

100 women undergo OBLBF free surgery to remove uterine fibroid

100 women undergo OBLBF free surgery to remove uterine fibroid

By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt One hundred indigent women have, in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, commenced free surgery to relieve them of uterine fibroid at the goodwill of the OB Lulu Briggs Foundation, OBLBF, as it marks 18 years of supporting the vulnerable in society. Programmers Coordinator for OBLBF, Mrs. Ineba Tongkam, said the […]

Rape victims: EU opens free abuse referral centre in Anambra

Rape victims: EU opens free abuse referral centre in Anambra

The European Union’s Rule of Law And Anti-Corruption  (ROLAC) project, has opened a free Sexual Abuse Referral Centre at Enugwu-Ukwu General Hospital, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra for rape victims. Dr Bernadette Uchendu, Director of the centre, said it was opened to offer proper psychological cushion to rape victims in the state. Uchendu, in […]