Environment

Forest poachers who are fond of gaining unpermitted access into government reserves across the State to hunt and kill animals have been severely warned to desist from the illegal acts. The Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Honourable Sola Oladepo and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment and Sanitation, …

European governments should not cut healthcare spending during the current economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and associated lockdowns, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Thursday. “We are concerned that countries will respond to this crisis in the same way they did to the recession 10 years ago… …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says it will continue hydroxychloroquine clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19 in Nigeria despite the suspension of the same by the World Health Organisation. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known on Tuesday during a Television programme Adeyeye …

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said medical doctors and other health workers threatening to embark on industrial action in the state risk losing their jobs, noting that his administration would not “bow to blackmail”. In a statement on Thursday night by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Muyiwa …

Forty out of the fifty doctors and health workers in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano (AKTH) have been discharged having recovered from coronavirus. The Chief Medical Director, Professor Abdurrahman Abba Sheshe, revealed this while receiving donation of some hospital consumables and food items from Orange Drugs Limited, one of the …

The Osun state Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola on Wednesday commissioned a state-of-the-art isolation centre in Osogbo as part of efforts to complement the effective and efficient management of Coronavirus pandemic in the state. He said the Coalition Against COVID-19 (Ca-COVID) renovated the health facility and donated equipment and consumables for 100 …

Government of the State of Osun on Saturday said it has discharged another coronavirus patient from its isolation and treatment centre, having recovered fully from the disease. This brings the number of cases successfully managed and discharged in Osun to 32, as at 16 May, 2020. The State Commissioner for …

Covid-19 Updates: Osun records 3 more cases Osun State has recorded three additional cases of the novel Coronavirus, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu announced in a statement on Wednesday.— Government of Osun (@StateofOsun) May 13, 2020 and sent for confirmation test at the NCDC accredited testing centre …

Owing to rising cases of Coronavirus infection and the inability of government facilities to cope, more private hospitals have been given the green light to treat patients. Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire said on Tuesday that accreditation had been given to more private hospitals in Lagos and other parts …

The Lagos State government on Tuesday issued more guidelines for the operations of commercial, industrial, institutional and recreational facilities that have just been recently unlocked in the state. Speaking at a virtual  briefing, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, said the guidelines were aimed at …