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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Africa free of Wild Polio.The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to ElombahNews.Wild Polio virus, the Ministry…

The Police Command in Delta has confirmed the arrest of a fake soldier along Sapele-Benin road, conveying 420 wraps of Indian hemp.DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, Command spokesperson who confirmed arrest of the suspect to journalists on…

Senator Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah is set to commission two ultramodern hospitals / Isolation centers with two brand new state of the art ambulances.You may recall that several stakeholders in Anambra, now known as the Anambra…

The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) has, on Monday, begun indefinite strike in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic at the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum.NARD President, Dr Aliyu Sokomba, announced this while…

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday said that 60 per cent of recent deaths recorded in Kano State had been linked to COVID-19 infection.Ehanire made the disclosure in Abuja at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing…

88 medical doctors have quit the state public service in Kogi State following the ‘current internal drift’ of doctors and other healthcare workers in the state.The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has, therefore, called on Gov. Yahaya…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ben Omogo as Acting Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme compelling Embattled Executive Secretary, Usman Yusuf on administrative leave pending the conclusions of investigations of…

Yobe State government on Friday confirmed 906 fresh cases of cholera with 61 deaths and 50 others still on admission in hospitals across the state.Dr. Muhammad Kawuwa, the Commissioner for Health, stated this in a statement in Damaturu…

An expert in Tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy control diseases in Adamawa state, Dr Stephen John alerted that a TB, specifically known as Bovine or Zoonotic (mainly affects cattle and transmitted to humans), is becoming more prevalent in…

HIV prevalence rates in Nigeria have been the topic of much debate.The bone of contention, according to several authorities, is that the current HIV prevalence rates being quoted for some parts of Nigeria might not reflect reality.…