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Stakeholders comes up with stiffer penalties for environmental offenders, as Oyo introduces environmental Marshals

Stakeholders have called for stiffer sanctions against defaulters of environmental laws in Oyo State, to prevent practices that may pose hazards to the environment. The stakeholders made the call at a day consultative meeting organised by Oyo State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, yesterday. The meeting organised in conjunction with Oyo State Waste Management…

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Drug abuse: Four medical doctors commit suicide in Abuja

President Association of Resident Doctors, FCT, Dr Roland Aigbovo has revealed that four medical doctors working in the Nigerian capital of Abuja committed suicide between January and June this year. He disclosed this during a campaign against drug abuse, at Wuse Market. He did not give the names of the doctors. The campaign, part of…

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Trouble poises to loom as Lagos go after 60,000 HIV patients who abscond treatment

The Lagos State Government is on the trail of about 60,000 people, who tested positive to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) but did not go back for treatment. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu charged the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) to find the individuals for immediate antiretroviral therapy. The Governor gave the charge on Wednesday at the…

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Oyo Govt is passionate about health of it’s citizens, says Oyo SSG

Oyo State Government, through the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun has stated that the present administration in the State is passionate about the health of the citizens of the state through the upgrade of medical facilities in state-owned hospitals across the state. Mrs Adeosun made this known during a courtesy visit paid…

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Photos: Pastor Adeboye donates 3 dialysis machines to UCH, pledges two others before year ends

The General Overseer, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye on Tuesday commissioned a new dialysis machine he donated to the hospital. Adeboye also pledged another two machines before the end of the year. According to a report by the Nation, the cleric said the UCH is a tertiary hospital that is…

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Oyo Govt. to provide mobile toilets to stop open defecation

Oyo State Government on Tuesday promised to put in place measures to stop open defecation in the State, by providing mobile toilets and water in rural communities in the State. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Rt. Hon. Kehinde Ayoola, stated this when addressing newsmen in his office on Tuesday. Hon. Ayoola said the…

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Photos: Nigerian doctors perform miraculous surgery to save life of a man pierced by hammer in Owerri

“FMC Owerri emergency response of Surgeons on call saved a Life at around 10:30pm yesterday. This is a 35 year – old bricklayer who accidentally fell off from a storey building while at work and landed with the left lateral anterior neck, on a hammer standing on the ground with the handle facing upwards. This…

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Oyo charges butchers’ association on guard against outbreak of epidemic

Oyo state government has charged the Butchers’ Association of Nigeria, Oyo State chapter to ensure strict compliance with the State government directive to members to operate mainly at government designated center at the central abattoir, Akinyele local government in Ibadan. The government added that the directive was in the best interest of the general public…

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Oyo Govt vows to make residents have access to qualitative health care delivery

Oyo State Government through the Secretary to the State Government Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun has reiterated that the Health Sector is one of the Pillars of the Present Administration to reach out to the good people of Oyo State. Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun made this known during a courtesy visit paid by the Executive members of the…

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Oyo to revamp primary healthcare centers, reveals plan to sanction absentee health workers

As part of Oyo state government’s commitment to delivering quality healthcare to its indigenes and residents, the Primary Healthcare centres at each local government would soon be given attention in the areas of provision of basic facilities. This was revealed by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon. Olufunmilayo Orisadeyi during an unannounced,…

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