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INTERVIEW: Bill stopping doctors going abroad is modern day slavery-Kwara NMA chairman
Last week a lawmaker representing Oshodi Isolo II Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Ganiyu Johnson, sponsored a bill seeking to stop medical doctors from going abroad to practice. The bill is already generating ripples in the medical field. In this interview, Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Kwara State, Dr Abdulkadri Ahmed told our Correspondent, Mosunmola Ayobami that the…
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Lagos Assembly sets up committee to investigate state of primary healthcare facilities
A five-man committee of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has been setup to investigate the poor state of primary healthcare facilities across the state. Members of the House resumed after the 2023 general election with a ‘Matter of Urgent Public Importance’ on issues relating to scarcity of Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in some areas of the state. Some of…
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LAWMA, others nominated for Greenvetafrica projects
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has been nominated as one of the four African partners in the GreenVETAfrica project, according to a release from the authority. GreenVETAfrica project is an Erasmus+ project funded, by the European Commission, seeking to integrate unemployed youth and vulnerable groups into the labour markets in Nigeria and Ghana, by offering technical and entrepreneurial training…
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Lagos train accident: 32 victims discharged, says health commissioner
Thirty-two victims of Thursday’s train-bus accident at the PWD – Shogunle axis of Ikeja in Lagos State have been discharged from three public health facilities, according to the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has said. Speaking on Friday at a news briefing to give update and situation report of the incident, Abayomi disclosed that 19 of the 102…
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Coroner indicts Premier Medical Centre for Peju Ugboma’s death
A coroner’s inquest into the death of a Lagos-based chef, Mrs. Adepeju Ugboma, has determined that her death was avoidable and resulted from medical negligence. The Coroner, Chief Magistrate Mukaila Fadeyi, gave the verdict on Thursday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ugboma died on April 25, 2021, after undergoing hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) in…
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LAWMA, Lotus empower 300 widows
Three hundred widows have benefited from the empowerment programme organised by the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), in conjunction with Lotus Bank Limited. The event, which held at the Authority’s Ogudu Zonal Office on Wednesday, had in attendance widows in the employment of LAWMA and other waste service providers in the state. In his welcome address, Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA,…
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Don seeks more funding for the health sector
…laments dearth of specialists in gastrointestinal diseases By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin A lecturer at the Department of Medicine, University of Ilorin, Prof Abdulfatai Olokoba, has lamented the shortage of specialists in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases in the country. Professor Olokoba attributed this shortage to the underfunding of the health sector in Nigeria. Olokoba also called for the establishment of gastrointestinal…
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African Dyslexia Dialogue 2022: Otudeko, others speak on importance of early diagnosis for those living with Dyslexia
At the second edition of the Africa Dyslexia Dialogue held recently, Tomi Otudeko, Head, Corporate Services, Honeywell Group spoke extensively on the learning difficulty – dyslexia; early diagnosis, working and delivering excellent results with the condition, as well as leading high performing teams. Other panelists include Olayide Odediran, Executive Director, Dyslexia Nigeria; Wana Udobong, writer, filmmaker, and journalist; Natalie Brooks,…
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St. Finbarr’s College Old Boys Association moves ailing Henry Nwosu to LASUTH
St. Finbarr’s College Old Boys Association has transferred the ailing former Super Eagles player, Henry Nwosu to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), for treatment with the support of the Lagos State government. Nwosu, the youngest member of Nigeria’s 1980 AFCON winning Green Eagles, is down with stroke and recently appealed to the public to come to his aid…
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Bottled drinks exposed to sunlight cancerous-LASCOPA GM
Lagos State government may soon ban the sale of plastic bottled drinks exposed to sunlight. General Manager, Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA), Mr Afolabi Solebo, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lagos on Friday. Solebo said bottled drinks exposed to sunlight are dangerous to human health as they are cancerous. “Plastic bottled drinks…
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