Neo Black Movement of Africa (NBM), Malaysia Chapter, has provided free medical checkups and medicines to indigenes and non-indigenes of Ogbe-Udu in Udu community of Delta State, Nigeria. The event, the first of its kind in the area, which took place at Ogbe Udu community hall on January 21, 2022 is part of its implementation […]
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No doubt that the health sector has been eventful throughout 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic in particular has disrupted every aspect of life and equally exposed massive gaps in Nigeria with its relatively weak health systems. As the end of the year approaches, Good Health Weekly spoke to Dr Casmier Ifeanyi, a health analyst and renowned […]
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The health department has withdrawn welcome changes to isolation, quarantine and contact tracing policies On 23 December the Director-General of Health announced major changes to Covid policy: Contacts of people who tested positive would no longer need to quarantine. Previously they had to quarantine for two weeks. The health department would stop tracing the contacts […]
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AUK court has ordered Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, to pay his ex-wife, Princess Haya, and their two children a record £500 million as a divorce settlement. During the ruling held on Tuesday, the court said the amount is essential to protect them from the threat the ruler allegedly poses to them, […]
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For Mansur (not real name), a final year student of Usmanu Dan Fodiyo (UDUS), the decrepit sight of the Sokoto School of Works is not new. A private hostel in the school of works is where he has resided since his first year in the university. The school of works’ hostel, just about fifteen minutes […]
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Government Spokesperson Cyrus Oguna on Tuesday said the government will withhold services for yet to be vaccinated citizens as the directive issued on November 21 came into force. Oguna said unvaccinated Kenyans can only access web-based government services following the expiry of the month-long deadline set by the government. Speaking at Mau Summit when he […]
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The Jamaican government has launched a publicity campaign to bust myths about cannabis including a song about how “ganja can boost lives”. The Ministry of Health and Wellness launched the “Good Ganja Sense” campaign in a bid to legitimise and promote the Caribbean nation’s growing medical weed industry.The campaign’s jingle includes lyrics about how “ganja […]
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The Federal Government on Sunday ruled out the possibility of restricting foreign travellers from visiting Nigeria despite travel bans on the country by Canada, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong. This is just as the government stated that most of the in-bound passengers that tested positive for COVID-19 were from the UK. The […]
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The Federal Government has said that only about three percent of Nigeria’s population has been vaccinated against COVID-19 largely due to poor access to the vaccine by developing countries. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this in Madrid, Spain at the 24th General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation […]
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African countries are stepping up measures to detect and control the spread of the Omicron variant as weekly new COVID-19 cases in the continent rise by 54% due to an upsurge in southern Africa. In Africa, the Omicron variant has now been detected in four countries, with Ghana and Nigeria becoming the first West African […]
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