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(Nigeria) Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has commended the staff and management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, for their unwavering commitment, dedication, and hard work in providing high-quality healthcare services to the people of Edo State and Nigeria in the past fifty years. Obaseki, at a dinner organized in honour of the Committee of Chief Medical Directors of Nigeria, at the Government House, Benin City, reassured the government’s continuous partnership and collaboration with the federal government-owned health institution to strengthen the health system and ensure quality health delivery to Edo people. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Philip Shaibu, reeled out the gains of the government’s reforms in the health sector, commending the medical centre for bolstering the government’s efforts at transforming Edo State into a health hub. He said, "We came into a wilderness where you have to cut a part for yourself and fix it. We held

*Executive Secretary, Edo State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Omosigho Izedonmwen (left) visits candidates during the computer-based test exercise held at the Edo State Secretariat Complex, in Benin City, on Tuesday. (Nigeria) The Edo State Government has commenced the recruitment process for the employment of over 700 healthcare practitioners to strengthen its primary healthcare system in line with ongoing reforms in the health sector by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration. The Executive Secretary, Edo State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Omosigho Izedonmwen, while addressing journalists during the computer-based test held at the Edo State Secretariat Complex, Benin City, said about 720 professionals including doctors, nurses, community extension workers, and administrators, among others, will be recruited. He said, “We are bringing onboard about 720 people into the primary healthcare development agency. The recruitment cuts across the full spectrum of th

* Governor   Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State (Nigeria) The Ondo State government, on Tuesday, said there was no cause for concern over Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu ill-health. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ondo State , Richard Olatunde , in a statement, said: “ We have observed the growing anxiety about the s tate of h ealth of Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, of Ondo State. The good people of the s tate and, by extension, other friends and well-wishers continued to express concern over the wellness of the Governor, especially since yesterday. “ We are constrained to respond to these concerns and assure our people that by the grace of God, there is no cause for alarm on the g overnor’s state of health. “ Governor Akeredolu, just like every other mere mortals has had some health challenge for which he has since received treatment and recuperating speedily. Since the g overnor is not a super human and the immunity his office enjoys does not extend to physic

(Nigeria) About 169  i ndividuals from vulnerable households have been trained ,  yesterday ,  in Benin City , Edo State,  to benefit from the Nigeria CARES  (COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus  (N-CARES) code named EDO-CARES) grants in Edo. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Humanitarian Affairs ,  Mrs .  Ifueko Alufohai, during a one-day livelihood support training and orientation organised by the State Cash Transfer Unit .  SCTU, explaining that the beneficiaries would be given grants ranging from N20,000 to N200,000. Alufohai explained that the N-CARES was an emergency Relief World Bank funded  p rogramme put in place to ameliorate the adverse effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on livelihoods ,  especially of the operators of businesses in the informal sector. The Head, State Cash Transfer Unit, Flora Bossey in her welcome address said the programme was designed for economically active  y outh and women. Bossey said :  " T his  p rogramme is Disbursement Linke

(Nigeria) Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of  Enugu State has signed an agreement with the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority , NSIA , for the federal agency to take over the state-of-the-art Enugu State Medical Diagnostic Centre, Enugu. The agreement is to pave the way for the NSIA to provide comprehensive medical, diagnostic and oncology (cancer) treatment services to the people of Enugu State and beyond. Recall that Gov ernor Ugwuanyi’s administration, sequel to the approval of the State Executive Council (EXCO), recently reached an agreement with the NSIA for the upgrade of the Medical Diagnostic Centre in Enugu, built by the state government.   The agreement to take over the health facility was reached after series of negotiations between the Enugu State Government and the NSIA. Ugwuanyi, who was represented by his deputy,   Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo, signed the agreement on behalf of the Enugu State Government while the Managing Director of the NSIA, Mr. Uche Orji, signed on b

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an order restraining all the parties in the suit pertaining to the Ikoyi Cancer Treatment Center, from demolishing, destroying or tampering with the building situate and being at No.16, Alexander Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, pending the determination of all the cases pending in court over the land. Justice D.E. Osiagor granted the order after hearing argumnets from the Applicant’s counsel and human rights activist and legal luminary, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN. Justice Osiagor also granted an order transferring the case to the High Court of Lagos State, for it to be consolidated with the other pending cases on the subject matter. The Applicant, Kings County Property Development Company and its directors, Alhaji Hameed Kasumu and Mr. Abdul-Jamaal Kasumu had approached the Federal High Court in Lagos on August 8, 2022, with an application for an order of injunction to restrain the Inspector-General of Police, the Assistant Insp

(Nigeria) A bill for a law establishing the Lagos State Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid , DNA , and f orensic centre to support criminal investigations, law enforcement, preservation of evidence for the judicial system and for other connected purposes has been passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly. The bill was passed by the House after it scaled the third reading at plenary on Monday with all lawmakers in attendance giving their approvals. The report on the bill had been adopted at an earlier sitting presided over by Speaker ,   Mudashiru Obasa. A part of the objectives of the centre includes to provide for the use and regulation of DNA based technology in the Lagos State in order to carry out profiling or analysis. The centre is to also "carry out other forensic disciplines including, toxicology, drug chemistry, finger print examination, firearms examination, tool mark examination, ballistics, trace evidence analysis, questioned document examination and digital forensics t

(Nigeria) The Itsekiri Trust Fund, ITF, has partnered with Ugbajo Itsekiri in USA to provide and grant access to primary health care services to the Itsekiri of Sapele and it environ. The Itsekiri Trust Fund Healthcare program which held at First Baptist Church, Palmer Road, Sapele, had a smooth and large turn out of youths, the elderly and children from the community. The organiser explained that the mandate of Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, through the Itsekir Trust Fund, ITF, was to register as many persons as possible for the health insurance scheme without collecting a dime from the beneficiaries, adding that registration could also be done through the Itsekiri Trust Fund website. Recall that the Itsekiri Trust Fund was launched in Warri Kingdom’s Social Security Healthcare Safety Net, a program designed to provide Itsekiri with sustainable access to quality private Healthcare Service Providers, HSP, in Iwereland and nationwide.

(Nigeria) The Ogun State Government has confirmed four new cases of Monkey Pox, bringing the total of cases recorded in the state to seven. This was disclosed in a statement   by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker in Abeokuta. According to the statement, two cases were discovered in Ota, within Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area while Abeokuta North and Abeokuta South had one case each. The statement revealed that the Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers ( DSNOs) in the affected local government areas have carried-out line-listing and contact tracing, pointing out that the patients are already on prescribed medications. It further advised residents to avoid direct contact with body fluid or sore of an infected live or dead animals, persons or contaminated items, just as it emphasised regular hand washing with soap and water especially after visiting or caring for a sick person. While adding that animal food products should be properly cooked before eating, t

(Nigeria) No fewer than 200 health workers drawn from 60 public health facilities including the State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, 15 General Hospitals and 44 Primary Health Care Centres have been trained to provide breast and cervical cancer screening for citizens in their facilities. The eight days training program which ended yesterday was sponsored by the Lagos State Government in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, to increase access to cancer screening services in all State health facilities. Speaking at the close of the capacity building workshop, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Olusegun Ogboye noted that partnership between the State Government and UNFPA on cancer control program is geared towards making cancer screening services more accessible and readily available in public health facilities in Lagos. Ogboye who was represented by the Director Disease Control in the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Rotimi Agbolagor

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, on Tuesday, restrained the Inspector-General of Police and all police officers in Nigeria, including the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Command, Lagos, the Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State, the Rapid Response Squad, Ekiti State from inviting or arresting Directors and members of Staff of JNC International Limited over a civil contract for the supply and installation of medical equipment. The order followed an ex-parte application filed and argued on behalf of the company and its directors by eminent lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegbooruwa, SAN. Specifically, Justice T. Ringim directed all the parties to maintain the status quo ante bellum before the filing of the case in court pending the hearing and final determination of the Motion on Notice. Sued as respondents in the suit are the Inspector-General of Police, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, the Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State, the

*Yemi Osinbajo (Nigeria) Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has been discharged from the hospital following a successful surgical operation and rehabilitation. A statement by Dr. Nicholas Audifferen, the Chief Personal Physician to the Vice President, on Monday, said: "The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN was admitted to the Duchess International Hospital, Lagos, last July 16, 2022, on account of a right femur fracture. He had corrective surgery without any complications. “He was admitted for a total of seven days during which he had physiotherapy and a smooth rehabilitation following the surgical operation. He has been discharged and is now recuperating. “Prof. Osinbajo is grateful to all the clinical and ancillary staff of the Hospital led by its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Tokunbo Shitta-Bey and the Medical Director, Dr. Adedoyin Dosunmu-Ogunbi for their professionalism and quality of care.   “The Vice President also acknowledges and appreciates the good wishes

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group, has approved an €87 million loan to implement the Support Program for the Generalization of Social Coverage in Morocco. The primary objective of this operation is to consolidate the foundations of a viable social protection program based on an integrated and inclusive approach. The program will contribute to extending social protection, particularly for early childhood, young people, and the self-employed. “Social protection is a major focus of our initiatives in Africa,” said Martha Phiri, the Bank’s Director for Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development. She added that the new program would protect and unlock people’s potential and improve the quality of human capital. Its second priority will be to respond to a growing demand for health services by reorganizing the supply of care and enhancing human capital. The new program will address the growing demand for health services by catalyzing new investments in heal

(Nigeria) The administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in Enugu State said it has reached a collaboration agreement with the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, for the upgrade of the State Medical Diagnostic Centre, Enugu, to a comprehensive Diagnostic and Oncology (Cancer) treatment Centre. A statement by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Emmanuel Obi, disclosed that the State Executive Council, sequel to the collaboration agreement, has approved the evacuation of the existing equipment in the Diagnostic Centre, as requested by the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, to enable it take over the health facility. Dr. Obi added that the State Executive Council also approved that the evacuated equipment will be put to good use at ESUT Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Enugu and other hospitals in the state. The Health Commissioner revealed that the state government "sees a greater opportunity for more efficient services to its citizens and beyond through this colla

(Nigeria) Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has said that his administration would support a proposal by a British firm, HP Kapital Limited, to partner the Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN) to build a 500-bed University Hospital, three factories, a waste management plant and other facilities within the vicinity of the Adoration Centre, in Enugu. Ugwuanyi who spoke when the Spiritual Director of AMEN, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, led the Group Chairman of HP Kapital Limited, Nandishwar Kaushal and his team to visit him, at the Government House, Enugu, said the state government will do all that is required, considering its limited resources, to assist and ensure that the laudable project succeeds. The delegation visited Gov. Ugwuanyi to formally inform him of their remodeling plan for the Adoration Centre to serve as a multifunctional facility to include a University Hospital of international standard with specialized medical services such as a helipad and air ambulance, a five

*Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State (Nigeria) Edo State residents, who are beneficiaries of the ongoing free medical outreach by the state government have commended Governor Godwin Obaseki for prioritizing the health and welfare of the people. The five-day medical mission for over 4, 000 residents, is being organised in collaboration with the Association of Nigeria Physicians in the Americas, ANPA. The outreach programme include surgical interventions and treatments for heart, kidney, eye and other ailments. Speaking to journalists monitoring the exercise in Benin City, the beneficiaries said the governor has continued to deliver on his promises to citizens, by putting the people at the forefront of every of his government’s programmes and policies. One of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Usifo Irene, who received care at the Health Board Management in Ring Road, said: “I am here to check my eye and I have been examined. They also conducted a COVID-19 test on me, which turned out nega

*Nigerian Senate (Nigeria) The Nigerian Senate has condemned the United Kingdom’s inclusion of Nigeria in their COVID-19 red list without justification. The chamber, accordingly, called on the British authorities to consider removing Nigeria from the red list. It advised the UK government to be sensitive to the diplomatic relationship between both countries when taking decision that affect Nigerian citizens. The Senate urged the Federal Government to engage the British authorities to reverse Nigeria’s inclusion on the red list. It also charged the administration to remain firm in the enforcement of necessary protocols in the containment of every COVID-19 variant in Nigeria. It further called on major vaccines powers, namely, Britain, Canada, America, and the European Inion, among others, to take urgent and bold steps to ensure vaccine equity in the interest of the entire human race.    These were resolutions reached by the chamber following the consideration of a motion on the “Need fo

*Nigerian Senate (Nigeria) The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to amend the Nursing and Midwifery Act. Tagged: “The Nursing and Midwifery (Registration etc) Act, CAP N143 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, (Amendment) Bill, the piece of legislation was sponsored by Senator Hassan Mohammed Gusau. Also passed was the National Maternal and Paternal Death Surveillance and Response Bill, sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe. The passage of both bills followed the consideration of two separate reports by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Oloriegbe, in his presentation, said the amendment of the principal Act was apt as it was a product of the Nursing Act of 1979, and the Midwives Act of 1966. He recalled that the Act was amended in 1988, 1989 and 1992, making it obsolete especially with emerging developments in the health sector. “Being the only legal, administrative, corporate and statutory body charged wit

President-elect, World Medical Association, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, Chief Medical Director, University of Benin Teach Hospital, Prof. Darlington Obaseki, Edo State commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria and former UBTH CMD, Prof. Eugene Okpere  at a dinner organised by the UBTH management over the weekend in honour of Enabulele and Akoria on their new appointments. (Nigeria) The management of University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Benin City, Edo State, has honoured two of its staffers, who have distinguished themselves in local and international health care. Prof. Obehi Akoria, a Consultant Physician and Head of the Geriatric Team in the hospital, who was appointed as Edo State Commissioner for Health and Dr. Osahon Enabulele, a Consultant in Family Medicine, who was recently elected President of the World Medical Association, WMA, were given special awards for bringing honour to the hospital. Speaking at a dinner organised for them by the hospital in Benin City, the UBTH Chi

*Joe Okei Odumakin (Nigeria) President, Women Arise and widow of late Afenifere spokesman, Yinka Odumakin, Dr. Joe Okei Odumakin, has given birth to twins six months after he died. Odumakin passed away on April 3, 2021, of this year due to COVID-19 complications. The news of the birth of the twins was broken by Okei-Odumakin on her Facebook timeline. She wrote: “Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, widow of the late spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, was delivered of bouncing twins – a boy and a girl – at a United States of America hospital on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. “The mother and the babies are in excellent health condition. “The ‘miracle’ birth fulfilled the wishes of the late Odumakin towards the end of his sojourn on earth to have another baby to be named after him. “The couple got married in 1997, had their first baby girl in 2000 and the second, a boy, in 2003. While the girl was named after Joe, the boy was named Abraham after the late Afenifere leader, Pa Abraham A