Sam EFERARO

Every 12 minutes, Nigeria looses one woman to due to complications of pregnancy and this, according to WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA, resulted in the death of 58,000 women, in 2015 alone during childbirth. These startling figures were released…

ABUJA - Leventis Foundation Nigeria has trained no less than 25,000 since it began operation in Nigeria in 1988, Executive Director of the foundation, Dr Hope Usieta, has said. Addressing journalists in Abuja recently at a symposium to…

•Patients speak on costs, burden of cancer in Nigeria Project Pink Blue, a non-governmental organization supporting indigent cancer patients and promoting advocacy on the disease, says it is set to launch a N100 million support fund…

If its current efforts are sustained  No case recorded in 25 months ABUJA - Executive Secretary, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr Faisal Shuaib, on Monday, October 29, at the 36th meeting of Expert…

ABUJA - President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, directed embattled Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Yusuf Usman, to proceed on “administrative leave” with immediate effect. The President also empanelled a…

Education Minister canvases collaboration with corporate bodies The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has urged Nigerians to consistently coach children to think creatively in order to become champions while he called more…

ABUJA - The Federal government has declared that governing boards lack powers to suspend or remove chief executive officers of their agencies or institutions. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, made the…

Advocates support for survivors In furtherance of its mission to provide services, reduce the  incidence, complications and burden of strokes, Stroke Action Nigeria, a national Stroke support organization, joined the rest of the…

Senate President Bukola Saraki President Muhammadu Buhari recently declined assent to the “Social Work Professionalization Bill,” following its shortcomings. The bill seeks to professionalize, standardize and regulate social work in the…

Prof. Odedina As Nigeria prepares for the first ever Clinical Trial Congress in Lagos from November 13 to 16, the convener, Prof. Folakemi Odedina a USA-based cancer scientist says the country can no longer afford to sit on the fence but…