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Oct

2020

Official: 800,000 babies die due to poor breastfeeding annually

Health, NewsEducation, Health, Metro, Reviews

The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, has disclosed that no fewer than 800,000 babies die of poor breastfeeding yearly across the globe. Oyebanji stated that poor breastfeeding was largely responsible for high infant mortality in Nigeria, which he said was being gradually checkmated due to the advent of exclusive breastfeeding and improved medical practices. Filani spoke in Ado Ekiti on Thursday at a press parley commemorating the 2020 edition of breastfeeding week in Ekiti State. The Commissioner said Ekiti was rated as having 55.4 percent compliance with the first six months exclusive breastfeeding in 2019, saying the…

Oct

2020

By Kalu Odinakachi

Rejoinder to Premium Times article titled “Why we’re yet to re-arraign Orji Kalu – EFCC” By Kunle Sanni

Abia State, PoliticsNext Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Orji Uzor Kalu, Politics, Reviews

The Premium Times’ article above referenced is simply an unabashed distortion of public record aimed at supporting predetermined conclusions of the Premium Times’ journalist. The article falsely claims that the Supreme Court of Nigeria in its May 8, 2020 judgment ordered that Senator Orji Uzor Kalu be retried. However, on the contrary, the Supreme Court did not make any such order. Instead, the apex court was very specific in the language of its order and the reassignment of the case on appeal and retrial thereof were as regards to “the Appellant” (not Orji Uzor Kalu, who was never an Appellant…

Jun

2020

By OHAFIATV

Nigerian govt reveals new study to treat coronavirus patients

Health, PoliticsCoronavirus, Health, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that the Federal Government is working on research, using plasma from the blood of recovered coronavirus patients to treat people infected with the virus. The minister disclosed this on Sunday while answering questions from newsmen in Abuja on the possibility of using the plasma of recovered coronavirus patients to treat serious cases. Ehanire, who spoke at a news conference to commemorate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD), also said that some research institutes were already working on the new research. He explained that the plasma of patients recovered from COVID-19 is called…

Jun

2020

By OHAFIATV

My case for Atiku: separating facts and sentiments – Kalu

Amos Oge Kalu, Economy, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Economy, Emeka Kalu, Opinion, Personality, Politics, Reviews

There's a popular saying that tough times requires tough measures, and I am adding that the tough measures can only come from men who understand "times". Haven said this, let me once again clarify that when I stood strong to support Alhaji Atiku in 2019, it was based on my believe that Nigeria needed a man that is strong enough to understand the dynamic complexities of the multifaceted entity called Nigeria. It was not borne out of pecuniary instinct, neither was I expecting to be rewarded for standing for what I believe to be right for all Nigerians.I can also…

Aug

2018

By Amos Oge Kalu

How I brought about 100 people back to life – Ulu, a US-based Nigerian doctor

Abia State, Health, SponsoredAbia State, Dr. Anuma Kalu, Health, Nigeria, Opinion, Personality, Reviews

By Chioma Obinna Anuma Kalu Ulu, a geriatrics doctor practicing in Central Islip, New York, obtained his first degree from the University of Nigeria Nsukka. In this interview, Ulu, who was in Nigeria for his annual medical mission, spoke on the challenges in the Nigerian medical cycle. Medical care in Nigeria and abroad There is really no basis for comparison. It is like night and day. You have to experience the two to appreciate the profundity of the abject divergence. If I begin to expound the discrepancies, commonplace medical practices in America may sound utopian, outlandish, and even quixotic to…