HEALTHWISE

ABEOKUTA – Balogun Nurudeen Olaleye, Board Chairman, Ogun State Alternate Medicine Board has said stride by the organisation to ensure adequate security for a hitch-free inspection and enforcement exercise to various facilities in the state will require the support of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). According to …

ABUJA – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that Nigeria’s priorities in a post-COVID-19 world include restoring economic growth in the immediate term, building resilience in the health sector, and repositioning the economy on a sustainable footing in the medium term while saving jobs and building domestic capacity and …

ABEOKUTA – Residents of Ogun State have been called upon to stop stigmatising and discriminating against people living with leprosy, as well as other forms of disabilities, as doing so will do them no good and could further ostracise them. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend …

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has bagged an Award of Excellence, as the best performing Governor on healthcare delivery in the country, for his effort to providing affordable and qualitative health care services to the people. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend …

ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari has said that henceforth, the Federal Government will allocate half a percent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to research and innovation in a determined effort to enhance the country’s economic growth and development. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l …

LAGOS – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that investments in top medical care and the overall healthcare sector in Nigeria is set to birth one of “the fastest growth areas in a resurgent Nigerian economy”. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & online …

According to a report by The Guardian World, several countries have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine on Thursday, March 11, 2021 over blood clot fears, prompting Europe’s medical agency to quickly reassure the public there were no known health risks linked to the jab. The Guardian World reported that …

IMEKO – The Head of Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide, Reverend/Pastor Emmanuel Oshoffa, has appreciated the present administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State in its bid to make life enjoyable to the citizenry. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & online – www.startrendinternational.com …

By AbuSatar Hamed ABUJA – President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo SAN in the morning of Saturday, March 6, 2021received the COVID 19 Vaccine at The State House, Abuja. 6th March, 2021. The event was witnessed by some government officials. Full details later……Photos; Tolani Alli.

ABEOKUTA – Worried by the increasing number of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortion among the youths, the Ogun State Government says it will focus and capture more adolescents in its family planning initiatives and programmes. The Executive Secretary, Primary Health Care Development Board, Dr. Elijah Ogunsola made this revelation in …