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NYSC Lauds NCDC Over Support For Scheme

The Director-General, Natiobal Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Maj.- Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim has lauded the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for its support for the Scheme which led to the safe re-opening of Orientation Camps across the country after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic...

UBTH Resident Doctors Protest Over Colleague’s Assassination

By John Ugo Activities at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital were grounded on Tuesday as aggrieved members of the National Association of Resident Doctors protested over the assassination of one of their members identified as Dr. Otote Osaikhuomwan, aged 36 years. Osaikhuomwan was reportedly killed...

Edo Assembly Passes Bill For The Establishment Of Igbinedion College Of Health Technology

Edo State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a Law to establish Igbinedion College of Health Technology and other matters related thereto, at the resumed plenary of the assembly. The Bill passed its second and third readings after The majority Leader, Hon. Henry...

Bayelsa, Sterling Bank, Two Other Firms Sign $5m MoU On Innovative Medical Supplies

...Project Trailblazing, Says WHO Bayelsa State government has signed an agreement with a consortium comprising Sterling Bank, Zipline, Health Spaces and DrugStoc for the Bayelsa Health Supply Chain Transformation Project (BHSCTP). The project, estimated at $5million to be provided by the firms, is expected to provide...

ABUAD Virucidine Herbal Liquid: A Steady Journey To Stardom

By: Smaranda Olarinde INTRODUCTION: When Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, came forward with his dream and vision to establish a university to reform education after his seven-year stint as the Pro Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, some sceptics would probably have...

Different, Tougher Variant Of Omicron Spotted In South Africa, Australia And Canada

A ‘sister’ lineage of Omicron – the Covid variant rapidly sweeping the world – has been detected by scientists. Experts who detected the strain say it is genetically similar to the super-mutant causing chaos in South Africa. But one key difference of the Omicron-like subvariant...