Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has dismissed claims that he recently travelled abroad for medical treatment. Speaking on Thursday during the flag-off of a road construction project in the Wuye District of Abuja, Wike described the rumours about his health as needless political speculation. “You see, the level of this […]
More than 70 celebrities from around the world have written an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin demanding medical treatment for dissident Alexei Navalny, who is being held in a prison camp. Referring to his illness, it says: “As a Russian citizen, he has the lawful right to be examined and treated by a […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has offered free medical treatment to 1,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), at the NYSC camp in Maiduguri, Borno state. Mr. Nura Umar, the NYSC state coordinator, made the disclosure on Friday, during the inauguration of its free medical care programme at the camp in Maiduguri. Umar said that the […]
A Bauchi based non-governmental organization, Almuhibbah Foundation, says it has offered free medical treatment to 2, 000 patients suffering from various ailments in Bauchi state. Founder of the organisation, Dr. Aisha Mohammed, made the disclosure in an interview in Bauchi. Mohammed disclosed that the foundation has initiated medical outreaches to treat persons with hepatitis, HIV/AIDs, […]
No fewer than 1, 830 people benefited from the free treatment offered by the Nigerian Army in a medical outreach organised in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The outreach, which began on July 14 and ended on July 15, is part of activities to commemorate Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) 2018. Beneficiaries were […]
No fewer than 500 traders in Ogbete Main Market, Enugu have benefitted from a comprehensive free medical treatment and counseling from Ezemba Oliver Foundation at the weekend. The free medical treatment covered eye check and glasses; insecticide treated nets to pregnant and nursing mothers; sugar, blood pressure and malaria tests as well as free drugs […]
President Muhammadu Bubari has approved the immediate medical treatment of former Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, outside the country. The approval followed a brief the President received Friday on the medical condition of the former Vice-President. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in a statement on Friday said that the […]
In order to ensure reduction in cases of deaths from minor ailments in the society, adequate attention must be given to improved health care delivery especially to people at the grassroots, according to the Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abdullahi Adamu Candido. Candido made this point on the sideline of a two-day free medical […]