Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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To combat Poliomyelitis infection and ensure a promising future for children, the Ogun State Government, in partnership with development organizations, initiated the National Immunisation Plus Days (NIPDs) for youngsters aged 0-5 years. Launching the event at Idofoyi Health Center in Ayetoro, Yewa North Local Government Area, Dr. Kayode Oladehinde, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry…
The Ogun State government has officially confirmed the employment of 321 medical and healthcare personnel by the Ogun State Hospitals Management Board (HMB) over the past two years. This move was aimed at bolstering the existing healthcare workforce in the State. Mr. Olumuyiwa Ojo, the Director of Administration and Supplies at the Board, announced this…
A plea for assistance has been made by 60-year-old Odubiro Adesisi, a resident of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun state, Nigeria. She urgently requires a kidney transplant and is seeking the support of compassionate individuals to raise N20 million for her medical treatment. Odubiro’s medical condition, as documented in a report from Babcock University Teaching Hospital dated…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the only health center in his village, Ibogun Olaogun, in Ogun State’s Ifo Local Government Area, serves 40 communities. Obasanjo made the remarks during the community’s annual Ibogun Olaogun Day ceremony on Tuesday. According to him, the health center in Ibogun requires the attention of the Ogun State…
Ogun State Government has threatened to sanction fake pharmaceutical operators in the state, says it would no longer tolerate their illegal activities in the gateway state. Dr Kayode Oladehinde, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health said this during the 8th Mandatory Orientation Programme for Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors in the state. The programme was…
State governments have intensified preparations of isolation centres in readiness for possible admission of COVID-19 patients as cases of the virus continue to rise in the country. Officials of states including Ogun, Gombe, Benue, Lagos, Ondo and Sokoto, in separate interviews with our correspondents on Sunday, said they had enough bed spaces to admit COVID-19…
Over the last two weeks, Nigeria has seen a 500% surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. This is stated in a statement issued and signed by Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in Abuja. Adetifa ascribed the country’s 500% spike in infections to the COVID-19 Delta and Omicron…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has rated Ogun State as the overall best among the top five performing states in Nigeria in the ongoing Mass Vaccination Campaign. Prince Dapo Abiodun, the State Governor, made this known in Abeokuta during the presentation of the Appropriation Bill for Year 2022 before members of the…
Civil Servants at the entrance of Federal Secretariat, Phase One, Abuja Photo: Adeniyi Bakare Federal workers in Abuja who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 were denied access to their offices. The Federal Government had set a December 1 deadline for all its employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the directive by the…
The Ogun State Government has taken delivery and commissioned a 12 bed Intensive Care Unit, equipped with neonatal incubators, children’s crib, generating set and a phototherapy machine valued at N194m within the premises of the General Hospital, Ijebu Ife, in ijebu east local Government area of the State, donated by the Government of Czech Republic…
