Tag: health
JAMB reveals measures against Corona virus as 2020 UTME begins
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that hand gloves and sanitisers would be provided at Computer-Based Test centres across...
UNIZIK suspends Chinese course amidst Corona virus fears
The management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, have suspended physical classes for the Chinese course in the institution amid...
Zamfara suspends scholarship offer to China over Corona virus
The Zamfara State government has suspended the trip of 20 of its youngsters who were earlier screened to travel to China for...
UDUS to establish infectious diseases centre
The Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto (UDUS), said it has plans to establish an Infectious Disease Centre to facilitate research and diagnose of...
PROFILE: Zacchaeus Ademuwagun, Nigeria’s first professor of health education
Professor Zacchaeus Akingbade
Ademuwagun is Nigeria’s first professor of health education.
Born on 17th February, 1934, he attended
Methodist Primary School,...
UNILAG, Iowa university partner in $10,000 dental health research
A partnership between the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and the University of Iowa would see academics from both schools broaden research and...
Education likely to reduce maternal mortality
A scholar at the Lagos State University (LASU) has linked the rate of maternal mortality to the level of education among women.
Nigerian govt to subsidise sanitary pads for schoolgirls
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said it had embarked on a policy to subsidise the cost of sanitary pads and commence...
Misery of the forgotten sons
Dad registered us in pains we never thought we worth
Mum birthed us in poverty that's made our early...
Minister seeks degree programmes in herbal medicine
The Minister of State for Health, Adeleke Mamora, has challenged Nigerian universities to introduce a Bachelor's degree programme in herbal medicine...