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NCDC Rports 9 Deaths, 187 New COVID-19 Cases Wednesday

NCDC Rports 9 Deaths, 187 New COVID-19 Cases Wednesday

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported nine coronavirus-related deaths and 187 new infections on Wednesday. NCDC said in its official Twitter handle that the agency recorded two deaths on March 16, adding that the country had registered 2,027 deaths since the pandemic emerged in the country on Feb. 27, 2020. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country have…

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Agency to Assist in Getting NAFDAC’s Approval for Herbal Medicine Products

Agency to Assist in Getting NAFDAC’s Approval for Herbal Medicine Products

The Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) says it will assist herbal medicine practitioners to get the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) authentication for their products.

The Director-General of the agency, Dr Sam Etatuvie, made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.

Etatuvie said that the agency…

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Confirmed, Medical consultant Dies During Nigeria vs Argentina Match

Confirmed, Medical consultant Dies During Nigeria vs Argentina Match

Dr Emeka Ogah, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA), has confirmed the death of one its consultants, Dr Canice Ebirim on Tuesday during the Super Eagles and Argentina match.

Ogah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that reports reaching him suggested that Ebirim died within the period of the match.

The CMD said that he received the news of…

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NAFDAC Urges FG to Establish Institute for Herbal Medicine

NAFDAC Urges FG to Establish Institute for Herbal Medicine

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Sunday called on the Federal Government to establish a national institute for the promotion of herbal medicine in Nigeria.

The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye made the call in an interview with a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

He explained that traditional medicine was too…

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Breast Cancer: UCH Acquires Machines Worth N28m, Inaugurates Tumour Board

Breast Cancer: UCH Acquires Machines Worth N28m, Inaugurates Tumour Board

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, says it will intensify preventive medicine and health promotion as alternatives to curative medicine in the treatment of breast cancer. Its Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Temitope Alonge, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on the sideline of a scientific lecture series organised by the college to mark the 2018 World…

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90% of Nigerian Nurses Lack Basic Life Support Skills – INNA

Inspire Nurses Network Africa (INNA), an NGO, has said 90 per cent of Nigerian Nurses lacked basic life support skills on emergency care. Josiah Okesola, Leader of the group, disclosed this while fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Okesola, who was accompanied by Mrs Regina Askia-Williams, emphasised that every nurse was supposed to be trained on emotional intelligence and…

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Revealed What Goodluck Discuss with Buhari....

Revealed What Goodluck Discuss with Buhari….

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the world will forget Nigeria if its citizens allow the country to be balkanized.

Jonathan said this on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents shortly after his brief meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said he had always stood for a united Nigeria not because of its oil wealth, but because of…

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