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• • Federal Govt, states’ officials meet next week, plan how coronavirus cash will be spent The Federal Government is set to release N36bn to states as part of measures to curb the rising COVID-19 cases and prevent the third wave of the virus. The Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Joseph Ngbea, who disclosed this in an interview with one of  our correspondents on Wednesday, stated that the Federal Government promised to release the fund before the end of this month. Ngbea also indicated that state commissioners of health would meet  next week with the Presidenti...

The agency’s Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known in a statement issued by Mr Olusayo Akintola, the NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three people died in Kano in March after consuming flavored drink, allegedly containing the chemical additives. The NAFDAC chief, therefore, warned against adding chemicals or additives to food and drinks to enhance taste, stressing that such practice could result to severe illness and even death. Adeyeye said the agency would stop at nothing to ensure that only safe food ...

By Ojoma Akor  (Abuja) Clement A. Oloyede & Zahraddeen Y. Shuaibu (Kano) Lami Sadiq (Kaduna) & Risikat Ramoni, Lagos As the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing industrial action by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD)  continue to deny  many Nigerians access to healthcare, experts have offered suggestions on how to eliminate health disparities and  inequities to ensure  a fairer and healthier world for every Nigerian. The theme of this year’s World Health Day (which is marked April 7 every year) is ‘Building a fairer, healthier world for everyone’.. Dr Iwalokun Bamidele, h...

COVID-19 active cases hit 13,185 as NCDC reports 120 fresh cases Published The health agency made the revelation yesterday night via a report on its official website. NCDC also confirmed 120 new cases of COVID-19 in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 160,657. DAILY POST reports that the agency recorded zero death on Sunday. Meanwhile, the agency also announced 82 community recoveries in Lagos State, bringing the total number of confirmed recoveries to 160,657. The report reads, “120 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;...

The Kano State Task Force committee on Fake, Counterfeit Drugs has said it seized and destroyed fake drugs worth N6 billion in the past nine years. The