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Breaking: Buhari orders increase in personnel, overhead allocation to UMTH

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday directed the Head of Service of the Federation and the Budget Office to consider an increase in the personnel and overhead allocation of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH). The President issued the directive at the virtual inauguration of

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Dangote urges private sector players to commit 1% of profits for health fund

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2020

Chairman, Aliko Dangote Foundation and Africa’s biggest philanthropist, Aliko Dangote, has urged all operators in the private sector to commit one per cent of their profits to fund the health sector challenges in Nigeria, to enable the country tackle crisis like the coronavirus pandemic successfully. Dangote noted that such an allocation, which would be a […]

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Kogi strange disease: Health commissioner debunks death story

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2020

Dr. Saka Audu, Kogi State commissioner for health has said that no strange disease claimed 50 lives in Kogi State as widely reported few days ago. Audu in a telephone chat on Wednesday said that the death which was reported by a lawmaker, Ujah Anthony, in Kogi State House of Assembly did not happen in […]

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Strange disease kills over 50 in Kogi

Daily Dispatch November 17, 2020

Over 50 people are said to have lost their lives to a strange illness in the Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. The strange disease it was gathered, comes with symptoms such as headache, red eyes, loss of appetite, inability to urinate, convulsion. The lawmaker representing Olamaboro Constituency in the state Assembly, Ujah Anthony […]

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COVID-19: Vaccine alone will not end pandemic – WHO

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that vaccines alone will not guarantee an end to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Director-General (DG) of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made this known on Monday. “Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we knew that a vaccine would be essential for bringing the […]

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Aisha Buhari donates sanitary kits to Lagos hospitals

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2020

Aisha Buhari Foundation (ABF) on Monday distributed sanitary kits to women and children in three hospitals in Lagos state. The hospitals visited were the Massey Street Children’s Hospital, Onikan Health Centre and the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital, all on the Lagos Island. Speaking at the presentation, Mrs Zainab Ikaz-Kassim, the Special Assistant on Events Management