HEALTH

Daily COVID-19 cases up again in Nigeria, Lagos tops with 89%

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2020

igeria posted an increase in COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with Lagos responsible for 89 percent of them. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, reported 152 cases, higher than the 112 logged on Saturday. Lagos posted 136 of the new cases, a day after it reported zero case. So far, Nigeria

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Ekiti receives medical items from SDGs

Daily Dispatch November 13, 2020

Ekiti State Government has taken delivery of medical items donated by the Office of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in support of the state’s fight against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Kayode Fayemi, while receiving the equipment in Ado Ekiti, said his administration would continue to collaborate with private and public organisations including

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Tramadol Rebranded To Evade Detection At Nigerian Ports, Borders

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

Manufacturers of the banned drug, tramadol, have rebranded and changed the name of the drug to tafrodol in order to beat Nigerian border and port officials during importation processes. According to a leaked letter from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) which was addressed to the Comptroller General of Customs, dated October 30, […]

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Nurse Appears In Court Charged With The Murders Of 8 Babies

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

A nurse appeared in a British court on Thursday charged with the murder of eight babies in the neonatal ward of a hospital. Nurse Lucy Letby appeared at Warrington Magistrates Court in the north-eastern English town of Warrington. The 30-year-old is charged with eight counts of murder. All of the victims were under the age […]

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Benue health commissioner dies after three months in office

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

The Benue State Commissioner for Health, Dr Emmanuel Ikwulono, is dead According to the Government House sources, the commissioner  died as a result of complications from surgery  for an undisclosed hospital. “He attended the last State Executive Council meeting last week and subsequently went for the surgery. “His death came as a rude shock this […]

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No evidence of cholera outbreak in Oyo community-Commissioner

Daily Dispatch November 11, 2020

…as state kicks off community enlightenment on hygiene The Oyo State Ministry of Health, on Wednesday, declared that there is no evidence to back recent claims of a cholera outbreak in Lagun Village of Lagelu Local Government Area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The Ministry, which submitted the report of its technical committee that investigated the […]