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Child Health Week: Kogi Focuses Attention on ‘Hard-to-Reach’ Areas

By Stephen Adeleye. The Kogi Government says it has focused attention on ‘hard-to-reach’ communities across the state, to ensure full implementation of all stages of...

Kogi Govt. Begins Crackdown on Quacks, Illegal Clinics

By Stephen Adeleye. The Kogi Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Audu, said on Wednesday that the state government had closed down some illegal clinics operated by quack...

Kogi Inaugurates Sustainable Drugs Supply System

By Stephen Adeleye. The Kogi government on Friday inaugurated a Sustainable Drugs Supply System (SDSS) for reduction in fake and counterfeit drugs in the state. The...

Cholera Outbreak: Kogi Confirms 17 Cases, Three Deaths

By Stephen Adeleye. The Kogi Government on Thursday confirmed 17 cases of cholera out of which three had died in Kabawa Uphill Community area in Lokoja, the state...

Kogi to Establish Five Star Hospital

By Stephen Adeleye. The Kogi Government says it is partnering with the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (OSJ), Knights of Malta, to establish a   five star...

Kogi Govt. Refutes Monkey Pox Infection Vaccination Rumour

The Kogi Government has described as false, rumours that some unidentified men are infecting children with monkey pox virus in schools in the guise of vaccination. The...

Cash Crunch: Newly Recruited Kogi Health Workers Turned Back

About thirty two (32) newly recruited nurses at the Kogi State Specialist Hospital has been stopped from resuming work by the management of the health institution. The...

Lassa Fever: Deceased Kogi Patient’s Brother Infected, 15 Under Watch

15 persons have been confirmed to have had contact with Miss Aisha Jimoh aged 18, a patient from Kogi State who died of Lassa Fever on Monday at Irua Specialist...

Kogi Lassa Fever Patient Dies

The sick woman in Kogi, Miss Aisha Jimoh, who was confirmed to have contracted the dreaded Lassa fever is dead. A brother to the deceased, Mr Asipita Jimoh, told the...

Kogi Discovers Suspected Lassa Fever Patient, Goes for Further Test in Edo — Official

Authorities at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja said they had discovered a suspected Lassa fever patient. Dr Jones Taiwo, the Head of Clinical Services (HCS) of FMC...