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…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – THE Chairman, School of Health Technology, Ofuoma-Ughelli, Delta State Dr (Pharm.) Nelson Ejakpovi has decried the deplorable state of primary health centres in the country. Dr. Ejakpovi accompanied by members of the Governing Council, Mr. Sunny Tatauzugu…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) – A case of Lassa fever has been confirmed in Delta State. It is a 65-year-old lady from Ifiogwari village, Ayamelunu, Anambra State who came for treatment in Asaba, Delta State. She was first admitted at St. Joseph’s…
Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) By Albert OGRAKA– The Delta state Government has warned residents in the state of the current spread of Lassa Fever disease is in parts of Nigeria. In separate statements, the Delta State Ministry of Information and the Office…
Nigeria, November 20, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – True to her promise to replicate the 05 Initiative project in all Central Hospitals in Delta state, Her Excellency, Dame Mrs. Edith Okowa has formally commissioned the Sickle Cell Clinic at the Central Hospital,…
Nigeria, September 21, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – Founder of 05 Initiative and wife of Delta state Governor, Dame Mrs. Edith Okowa has brougt respite to sufferers of sickle cell anaemia by flagging off the Sickle Cell Clinic at the Central Hospital,…
Nigeria, August 19, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – The State Government wishes to inform the general public that it has not abolished its free education and free health care schemes in the state. This clarification has become necessary on account rumours making…
Nigeria, August 02, 2015, (Blank NEWS Online) – -By Albert OGRAKA After 96 cases and six fatalities were established in a sudden outbreak of a disease, touted to be cholera in Aladja community, Udu local government area of the Delta state, the state…
The Delta State Ministry of Health said there has not been any outbreak of cholera in any part of the State, contrary to online media report. The Ministry said its visit to the two communities in Isoko South Local Government Area, suspected…
As the subsisting strike action by workers in the Federal Medical Centers (FMCs) across the country continues to bite harder, the leadership of the workers in FMC, Asaba has raised the alarm over attempt by management to use quacks to attend to…
Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan’s strides in opening new frontiers of development in the state got more recognition as Businessday newspapers and SERA in its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) over the weekend conferred awards on him in Lagos. For revamping the…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared that Nigeria is free of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) after six weeks (42 days) with no new cases. Speaking in the capital Abuja, Rui Gama Vaz (WHO representative) said that it was a “spectacular…
Breastfeeding mothers have been told to be committed to exclusive breastfeeding practice for the benefit of their babies, themselves and the entire society. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Otumara, gave the charge in a statement to mark the 2014 World…
The Technical sub-committee of the Delta State Inter-Ministerial Ebola Preparedness and Response Committee said it has successfully carried out three suspected contact tracing of persons coming from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) prone areas in West Africa. The functioning Permanent Secretary in the…
Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said in accordance with the directive of the Federal Ministry of Health, schools in Delta State will resume on September 22. Uduaghan, noting that the Ministry took into considerations many factors as it concerns…
Medical personnel particularly those involved in emergency cases have been called upon to adopt all precautionary measures in the prevention, containment and management of the Ebola Virus Disease. The Delta State commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Otumara, made the call at a…
Delta state government has frowned at myriad of claims by certain traditional medicine practitioners and spiritual healers in the state who say they can cure persons infected with the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The state government, in a statement signed by the…
Nigeria’s Federal Government has ordered the immediate, unonditional reinstatement of the 16,000 resident doctors sacked during the nationwide NMA strike. The Nigerian Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, through his spokesperson, Dan Nwomeh, tweeted that the doctors had been reinstated saying this took…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has suspended its over two-month old strike. The nationwide industrial action lasted 64-days. The NMA National President, Kayode Obembe, who disclosed this on Sunday, August 24, 2014, after an Emergency Delegates Meeting (EDM), said the association’s delegates…
Nigeria has lost a senior doctor to the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, announced Tuesday evening. The doctor, Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, a senior female consultant physician at First Consultant Hospital, Lagos, participated in the management of…
World Health Organization says untested drugs can be used to treat patients infected with the Ebola virus, considering the scale of the outbreak and more than 1,000 recorded deaths in West Africa. The WHO made the statement after its medical experts met…
Despite its attempt to take proactive steps at tackling any outbreak of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Delta State Government says there is no reported case of an outbreak yet. The state government has however set up Special Isolation Wards within…
Delta State Government has called on its residents to adopt precautionary measures to prevent the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) currently ravaging some West African countries from infiltrating the State. In a statement released by the State Ministry of Health and made available…
The dreaded Ebola disease scare has led to the closure of an unnamed hospital and its workers and patients quarantined, Anambra state Commissioner of Health, Dr Josephat Akabuike has announced. Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a viral haemorrhagic fever and one of…
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has sympathized with the worshippers of the Young Peoples Christian Fellowship at 8, Eziukwu Road, Aba, who became unconscious as a result of the inhalation of carbon monoxide poison from a generator set packed inside the…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has called on Optometrists in the country to examine and seek ways of attending and arresting the spread of eye diseases among the people. Dr. Uduaghan made the call on Thursday, July 17, 2014 while declaring…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has disclosed that the state government has approved the employment of environmental marshals to enforce proper waste disposal in the state. Governor Uduaghan who stated this at the weekend when he inspected the level of work…
The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), Federal Medical Center (FMC), Asaba chapter has threatened to drag the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria and Nigeria Medical Association (MDCAN/NMA), to court over the irrational decision to embark on the on-going strike action…
Pharmacists have advocated equal treatment of both health and medical professionals as a panacea for lasting peace in the health sector. They said collaboration among health and medical professionals is key to permanent peace and stability in the sector, describing the practice…
In his persistent search for the increased good health and well-being of Abia citizens, the Governor of Abia state, Chief Theodore Orji has commissioned an ultra-modern eye centre to return Abians to their 20:20 eye vision. While commissioning the new landmark project…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said it was better to bear the temporary pains associated with growth and development than to continuously live in deplorable condition. Addressing traders at Slaughter Market, Refinery Road, Ekpan, the Governor observed that developmental projects,…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has identified activities of Boko Haram members as potential threat against the eradication of polio in Nigeria and called for vigilance from states where there are no incidence of polio virus. Governor Uduaghan made the observation…
Delta State First lady, Deaconess Roli Nere Uduaghan, has called on Deltans, especially women to always take time out of their busy schedules to engage in fitness activities. She said this on Saturday, February 15, 2014 in Asaba, shortly after completing a…
