Residents of Igbomina communities in Kwara South senatorial district were the beneficiaries of a recent medical outreach carried out by a Non-Government Organization, the Igbomina Mobile Clinic. The perrenial health program, an initiative of the Igbomina Project North America (IPNA), was held in partnership with Landmark University at the Igbomina House in Ganmo, Kwara state….
The Federal Ministry of Health has on Thursday confirmed the first case of coronavirus in Lagos. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanrie, confirmed this in a press statement obtained by The Informant247, he disclosed that “The case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th…
The Igbomina Project North America (IPNA), a socio-cultural group founded by indigenes of Igbominaland resident in different parts of North America has explored the occasion of Igbomina Day provide free medical services to the people of Igbomina and other parts of Kwara State. The medical outreach witnessed massive turn out as indigenes of Igbomina especially…
By Dare Akogun Malaria has been identified as a major public health problem in Nigeria and has the highest out of fifteen countries who accounted for about 80 percent of global malaria deaths in the year 2016 alone, All of which were in sub-Saharan Africa, except for India. In Nigeria, Malaria illnesses occur all through…
The Kwara State Association of Nigeria in North America (KSANG) and Sakinah Medical Outreach in partnership with the Kwara state Government today held the second phase of the three-day free medical outreach in Tsaragi, Kwara state. The medical team kicked off the programme with registration of beneficiaries, medical orientation, medical diagnosis, and dispensation of pharmaceuticals…
One Mr. Mohammed Gafar Shola has accused nurses at the Center Igboro Children Specialist Hospital of arrant dereliction of duty and disregard for human life. The distraught parent who contacted theinformant247 out of frustration narrated he rushed his ailing son, Abdul-basit to the hospital on Wednesday by 5:45am for urgent medical attention, but to his…
The Kwara State Association of Nigeria in North America (KSANG) and Sekinah Medical Outreach in collaboration with the Kwara state Government today hold the first phase of the three days free medical outreach in Kwara state. The first phase of the programme which contains sensitization talk, medical diagnosis, medication and sugery was held at the…
A non-government organization, the Igbomina Mobile Clinic today held an health sensitization awareness, medical examination and free medication on hepatitis, diabetes and hypertension. The health program – which precedes the 2019 general meeting of the apex socio-cultural organization, omo ibile Igbomina at the Igbomina house in Ganmo, Kwara State – is an initiative of the…
By Dr. Oluwatoyin Nassamu Yakub Your Excellency, elections has come and gone, but the challenges and expectations of every Kwaran remains. It’s quite unfortunate you inherited a near collapsed state, at a period of dwindling revenue from the central government. The critical situation of our health, education and infrastructure is visible to the blind and…
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General Hospital Ilorin has come out bare to refute the claims by the Abdulrahman Abdulrazak Campaign Organization ( AACO) that they are understaffed and Ill-equipped. This was contained in press release by the hospital earlier today and signed by the management. A part of the statement reads, ” We have become aware of a statement…
No fewer than 500 people have benefited from a free healthcare services in Omu-Aran, Irepodun LGA of Kwara, under the Aro Bamgbose Foundation. The two-day biennial free healthcare services, which involved tests, diagnosis and treatment of different ailments including eye examination and care, is the tenth in the series since 2013. The News Agency of…
The Kwara State government says it has screened about 4000 female civil servants in the state to ensure their status and prevent breast and cervical cancer and ensure health society among kwarans. Abdulfatah Ahmed, the state governor who disclosed this while briefing journalists in Ilorin the state also revealed that about 50 primarily health care…
