The World Health Organisation Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said on Monday that the malaria death rate in Nigeria has fallen by 55 per cent. Moeti said this on Monday while launching the 2022 Nigeria Malaria Report in Abuja at the high-level meeting with the Ministers of Health …
Read More »Benue transport vehicles attacked as gunmen kidnap 10 passengers
Suspected armed men have reportedly hijacked two fully loaded buses belonging to the Benue state government-owned Benue Links Transport Company whisking away over 10 passengers from the Lagos-bound vehicles that took off from Makurdi. It was gathered that the armed men waylaid the vehicles at about 2pm on Sunday along …
Read More »FG launches app for Nigerians to report power outage
The Federal Government unveiled an application called the Power Outage Reporting System, which enables consumers to report electricity disruptions to distribution companies under monitoring by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Monday. It unveiled the applications at the Abuja headquarters of NERC, using the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company as …
Read More »Only one out of 10 gets mental health services in Nigeria – FG
The National Coordinator of the National Mental Health Programme at the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Tunde Ojo, on Monday, said the treatment gap in mental health cases is about 90 per cent. Ojo said this at a press briefing in commemoration of the 2023 World Suicide Prevention Day …
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