-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – By Albert OGRAKA: Chairman of Oshimili North local government area, Chief Louis Ndukwe has emphasized on the need to promote advocacy towards ensuring a healthy and cleaner environment. He appealed to stakeholders in the private sector, including…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – Edited By Albert OGRAKA: As part of measures to eliminate the harmful traditional practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Nigeria, the Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN) has pledged its readiness to collaborate with the Federal…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) – From Mike Sogbola, Maiduguri: Four cases of Lassa Fever have been reported in Borno State with one of the patients dead. Commissioner of Health, Dr Salihu Kwaya-Bura disclosed this at a press conference in Maiduguri on Thursday….
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Governor of Delta, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that medical tourism will greatly reduce with effective Patient Centered Care (PCC) system as Nigerians will have more confidence in the health facilities. Delivering a keynote address at the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): In continuation of its implementation of measures at repositioning government hospitals in the Delta State for better service delivery, the Medical Director, Eku General Hospital, Dr Vincent Oziga, has been replaced with Dr Lucky Oyeye with the mandate to…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), has called on the three tiers of government to adopt and implement the World Health Organization (WHO), 2015, recommendation on health promotion interventions for maternal and newborn health….
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): The O5 Initiative pet project of the wife of the Delta state governor, Dame Edith Okowa, has commemorated the World Charity Day with patients at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, Delta state by paying the hospital bills of…
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today praised leaders at the World Bank for quickly committing $300 million in aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for its efforts to contain and eliminate an outbreak of Ebola in that country that has claimed…
-Health Editor: The Delta State Government, through its Primary Healthcare Development Agency, in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria and other partners, including Society for Family Health (SHF) and Catholic Relief Services (CRF), will distribute over 3.5 million free long lasting…
KAMPALA, Uganda:— AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization operating in 43 countries, is profoundly concerned with the rise in new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and fear of its spread if uncontained. The August 1, 2018…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Executive Director of Finance and Administration at the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), High Chief Bashorun Askia Ogieh JP, has flagged off a three day free medical fair for all sons and daughters of Isoko nationality…
-By Albert OGRAKA: True to her choice of rendering selfless services to the needy in Delta state, the wife of the state Governor and founder of the 05 initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has commissioned the commissioning of the 12th Sickle Cell Clinic…
As a result of the ravaging flood wrecking havoc in different parts of the country, about 22 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps have been set up in Delta State. 12 of the camps were created by the Delta State Government, while about…
10 percent of people over the age of 70 may need a pacemaker implanted in their chest to improve their heart function and living condition Dubai, United Arab Emirates: If you meet 70-year-old Maria, a Nigerian national, you’d never know she has…
THOUSANDS of Deltans on Monday, August 13, 2018 participated in the free eye treatment organized by 05 Initiative free Medical Outreach in Asaba, The founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, had in an address, thanked Governor Okowa for being supportive which has made…
-By Albert OGRAKA: The wife of the governor of Delta state and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa, on Friday, June 01, 2018 celebrated her 57th birthday anniversary with pupils at the Special Education Centre (School for the Handicapped), Agbor in…
-By Albert OGRAKA: AS Children’s Day was celebrated in Nigeria on Sunday, May 27, 2018, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and his wife, through the O5 Initiative Kitchen prepared sumptuous buffet for children at the Cenotaph, in Asaba with the…
The National Universities Commission, NUC has released a.list showing 58 illegal universities currently under operation in Nigeria. The institutions are said not to have been licensed by the federal government and have been shut down. In addition, eight other universities are being investigated…
In a bid to inculcate good values and virtues among students, the 05 Initiative has taken the campaign on drug abuse and cultism to publiic secondary schools in Delta state. Wife of the state governor and founder of the 05 Initiative, Dame…
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) says it has started recalling cough syrup containing Codeine from its stakeholders in compliance with Federal Government’s directive. The Registrar of PCN, Mr Elijah Mohammed, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria…
Despite the Abuja National Industrial Court order directing the Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU) to end its ongoing strike action, the Tertiary Health Institutions National Consultative Forum (THINCF), has threatened to restrategise and collectively mobilise in support of other members of JOHESU…
THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change has hailed the Federal Government for the smooth take off of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko Gbaramatu kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. The group has been at the forefront,…
**JOHESU Raises Alarm As Strike Suffers Setback **Interns Work Under Supervision -Medical Director As the strike embarked upon by members of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) in Federal Government hospitals enters a critical stage following the show of solidarity by members…
-By Albert OGRAKA: Wife of Delta state governor, Dame (Mrs.) Edith Okowa has reiterated the commitment of the 05-Initiative and Restore Sight Africa to ensure that the ongoing Grassroots Medical Outreach gets to the 25 local government areas of the state. Twenty…
By Albert OGRAKA: The founder of 05-Initiative and wife of Delta state governor, Dame (Mrs.) Edith Okowa has formally flagged off the Grassroots Medical Outreach for the 25 local government areas of the state. This is coming against the backdrop of recent…
As a way of fine-tuning the quality of education in the local government area, the Chairman of Warri North, Mr Aduge Okorodudu has inaugurated a 13-man education committee to assist in the provision of quality education to children. The council boss, who…
About 19 million babies born globally every year are at risk of permanent yet preventable brain damage and reduced cognitive function due to a lack of iodine in the earliest years of life. A UN-backed report released on Thursday said the figure…
Two out of the three cases of deaths recorded since an outbreak of Lassa fever was reported in Delta State on 26th January, 2018 are from Anambra State. The state Commissioner for Health Dr. Mordi Ononye, in a press release in Asaba…
Fidelito, the 68 year-old eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, committed suicide on Thursday after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported. The nuclear scientist’s full name is Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, but he was fondly called…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: In pursuance of the zeal to entrench basic education for Delta children and ensuring best clinical services to Survival Success People living with sicke cell anaemia across Delta state, the wife of the governor and…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The Delta State Government has stated that it has put necessary machinery in place to ensure that the monkeypox outbreak in some states of the federation does not enter the state. A statement signed in Asaba by…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: The Delta State Government and the Nigeria Police Force have reacted swiftly to rumours making the round that some persons or groups are going to schools to forcefully inject children to death. Blank NEWS Online…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Our Reporter: Contrary to insinuations that the Military engages only in war, the Nigerian Army, through its social responsibility policy, has embarked on free healthcare delivery outreach to inhabitants of host communities where soldiers operate in Delta…
“Now abided faith, hope and charity; but the greatest of these is charity.” –1 Corinthians 13: 13. Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: The presence of the 05 Initiative team at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, Delta state, in the early…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –: The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), Federal Medical Center (FMC), Asaba Chapter, has registered a protest against the maltreatment of it’s Union members by Officials of Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja, over non payment of their outstanding…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: Palpable fear has enveloped parts of Delta state over cases of Meningitis outbreak in Warri and Asaba. It was barely 20 hours after a case of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis was recorded in Warri, Delta state…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –By Albert OGRAKA: Wife of Delta state governor and founder of the 05 Initiative, Dame Edith Okowa has stressed on the need to fight against the stigmatization and misconceptions surrounding the sickle cell disorder, saying that “the sickle…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari may have been diagnosed with cancer, sources at the Royal Hospital London, where he reportedly underwent medical check-up reveal. A source said: “President Buhari went for check-up hours after he arrived in London….
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has lauded Midwestern Oil and Gas Company for their exemplary show of corporate social responsibility as well as reiterating that the government will always partner with organisations that are committed…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – Delta State First Lady and founder of 05 Initiative, Dame Mrs Edith Okowa has commissioned a water bore hole project at the Nigerian Prisons, Sapele to improve the health and living condition of the over 380 inmates…
