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Kano’s gain from COVID-19 pains

Kano was in the news again last week, this time, for the right reason. The state was commended by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control for its positive response to the outbreak of COVID-19. The NCDC singled out Kano for…

Fighting a pandemic without PPE

Over five months after the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nigeria, health workers at the forefront of fighting the viral pandemic are still lamenting inadequate Personal Protective Equipment. Many people had expected that Nigeria will be in a good position to…

Burden of Nigeria’s population explosion

A fresh warning by the National Population Commission that the prolonged closure of schools occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic may lead to more girls dropping out of school, getting married and having children should be a major source of concern…

Curbing medical brain drain during COVID-19 pandemic

A health crisis is hanging over Nigeria owing in part to the incessant emigration of medical doctors to advanced countries. The recent attempt by 58 Nigerian doctors to migrate to the United Kingdom, which was foiled by the Nigeria Immigration…

Nigeria’s growing problem of child abandonment

Cases of child abandonment are becoming rampant in Nigeria. The traditional and social media have reported many of such cases that it is gradually becoming a ‘normal’ occurrence, even as incidents of child abandonment cut across the country. There are…

Saving lives beyond COVID-19

The media has been inundated recently with reports of patients being denied treatment because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  There have been reports also of patients with other health conditions dying avoidable deaths because they were denied treatment by health…

COVID-19 in Nigeria: A tale of denial and deaths

The death of both former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi and a senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District at the Upper Legislative Chamber of the National Assembly, Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo in past weeks has added to the growing number…

Benue yellow fever death toll hits 20

With the loss of three new lives, the death toll from a disease suspected to be yellow fever has climbed to 20 at Okpeilo-Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. The state Ministry of Health through its Permanent…