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JHPIEGO expends $1m on malaria in Ondo

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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu
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The JHPIEGO, an affiliate of John Hopkins University, United States, says that it has spent nothing less than one million U.S. dollars in fighting malaria among women in Ondo State in the last three years.

The JHPIEGO’s Country Director, Dr Adetiloye Oniyire, stated this in Akure at the rounding-off of the organisation’s programme tagged: “Transforming Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Optimal Pregnancy (TIPTOP)”.

He said it was pertinent to note that over four million dollars was spent in Nigeria and out of it, one million dollars was spent in Ondo State.

Oniyire stated that the project called TIPTOP was to support women to have access to malaria treatments and drugs and  it was implemented in three states including  Niger, Ebonyi and Ondo.

“It is a three-year project and we are winding up now,” he said.

Oniyire noted that in the course of the project, the organisation renovated the Iwoye Basic Health Centre in Akure as well as renovated and equipped a mini laboratory at the Arakale Comprehensive Health Centre, Akure.

According to him, the TIPTOP also facilitates the maximum utilisation of maternal data record booklets, integrated health data management and others.

The country director tasked the state’s Ministry of Health to reach out to partners that could help the government achieve its goals in the sector and making the state healthy.

He promised that JHPIEGO would start another programme in April by providing qualitative family planning services to women.

In his speech, Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State noted that the overall aim of the project was to ensure that mothers and children are healthy, during and after delivery, thus reducing maternal and child mortality in the state.

Represented by the Secretary to the State Government ( SSG), Mrs Oladunni Odu, the governor said that the TIPTOP project had helped to build the capacity of health workers as well as the people of the state.

He added that the state had continued to experience low-birth-weight babies and rapid reduction of malaria infection among pregnant women.

According to the governor, the activities of JHPIEGO has built a stronger health care system in tandem with Item 5 of the Redeemed Agenda of the state government.

The governor assured that the legacies of the project would be sustained, while thanking JHPIEGO and other stakeholders including professional health workers in the state for their support towards the success of the project.

Similarly, the Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Banji Ajaka, appreciated JHPIEGO for its positive impacts in the state, describing its  project as a very huge one.

According to Ajaka, malaria is a great burden in Nigeria and indeed in Africa.

He added that malaria was responsible for one out of 10 deaths in the state and three out of 10 deaths in pregnant women.

According to him, malaria causes three out of 10 admissions in hospitals in Nigeria.

The commissioner commended the JHPIEGO for choosing the state to be one of the beneficiaries from the TIPTOP project.

The Permanent Secretary of the state’s Ministry of Health, Mrs Folukemi Aladenola, lauded the JHPIEGO’s project, TIPTOP, in the state, describing it as impactful and immense.

Aladenola promised that the state would consolidate on the gains of the project and improve in any area that the state had lacked.

According to her, the state will continue to work with the organisation in moving the sector forward and for betterment of the state.

Also, Dr Francis Akanbiemu, the Permanent Secretary of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA), showed his gratitude to the organisation for the great intervention in the state and for its support to the agency.

Akanbiemu noted that people of the state had benefitted directly from the project, saying that its effects were massive.

He said that the state would sustain the JHPIEGO’s projects, which he described as holistic and universal.

Mrs Olamide Falana, the Special Adviser on Gender to the State Governor, said that the intervention had worked positively in the state.

Falana stated that the TPTOP project would strengthen health sector and the community system in the state.

Dr Dele David, a representative of the World Health Organisation ( WHO) in the state, asked the state government to seek more partners to transform the sector and in making people’s lives better.

( NAN)

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2 Abuja Doctors, 2 Others Arrested Over Organ Harvesting in Abuja

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Two medical doctors and two other suspects have been arrested in Abuja for organ harvesting by the Nigerian Police Force in late August 2026. They were arrested for allegedly running an organ harvesting and human trafficking network operating between Abuja and Nasarawa State.

The arrested medical practitioners are Dr. Benjamin Oyime (a 48-year-old kidney consultant) and Dr. Daniel Otukpa (a 53-year-old Acting Director of Clinical Services).

Both nephrologists are linked to Wellington Clinics (Wellington Hospital) in Life Camp, Abuja.

The arrests were executed by the Special Tactical Squad (STS-FID) following an investigation brought to light by social media activist Martins Vincent Otse (popularly known as VeryDarkMan or VDM) and his team.

The victim, a 22-year-old man named Samuel Ezekiel approached the activists after medical scans at independent hospitals verified that his left kidney was missing.

The 23-year-old intermediary, Emmanuel Ode, allegedly confessed to recruiting Ezekiel and bringing him to Wellington Hospital for the illegal surgery.

Investigators report that the victim was manipulated into signing official consent documents under a fake name, “Isa Abubakar”.

It was further revealed that the victim was allegedly paid ₦1.7 million for the kidney, while legal representatives allege that the black-market syndicate resells these harvested organs to wealthy recipients for ₦50 million to ₦70 million.

Activists and lawyers from the Martin Luther King Centre fear that this is not an isolated incident, estimating that more than 10 young Nigerians may have fallen victim to this specific ring.

Following the police raids and public outcry, Wellington Clinics Abuja issued an official statement denying any deliberate involvement in commercialized organ trafficking. Meanwhile, the private facility immediately suspended all kidney transplant and services effective August 31, 2026, while the criminal investigation continues.

NewsBlast recalls that this case reflects previous enforcement actions by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in which it arraigned doctors from Alliance Hospital in Abuja for similar black-market kidney transplants.

Furthermore, under the National Health Act, trading human organs for commercial gain or charging a fee for transplants carries severe criminal penalties in Nigeria.

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FG Target 20,000 Yearly Medical Intakes Across Six Geo-political Simulation Centres

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To counter the rising trend of Nigerian-trained health personnel migrating for greener pastures abroad, the Federal Government is expanding the country’s healthcare workforce and strengthening practical training for medical and other health professional students.

Consequently, it has disclosed plans to increase the annual medical school admissions to 20,000 within the next three years. Along with this is the targeted establishment of world-class medical simulation centres across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones.

The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed this while receiving the report of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund Medical Simulation Committee.

This was part of a statement issued on Sunday and signed by Ikharo Attah, the Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Education.

Alausa said the proposed centres would provide world-class practical training for medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy and other allied healthcare students. The said:

“I would like to thank the members of the committee that has worked so hard and assiduously to get us to this point in which we are now talking about building several simulation centres across the country to provide world-class training for our medical students, dental students, nursing students, pharmacy students and other allied healthcare professionals.”

Alausa said the expansion had become necessary to meet the country’s health needs.

He disclosed that nursing enrolment, which stood at about 38,000 three years ago, had risen to more than 120,000 students across nursing schools in the country.

The minister added that annual admission into medical schools had increased from about 5,000 students when Tinubu assumed office to almost 12,000 currently.

“Today, I’m happy to report that we’re admitting almost 12,000 students. Our goal in the next three years will be to increase the number of annual medical student enrolment in medical schools to about 20,000.”

He added that the number of students admitted into pharmacy and dental schools had also increased.

The minister commended the Chairman of the Medical Simulation Committee, Dr Wale Suleiman, and other members for their work in preparing the report and advancing plans for the centres.

He said the initiative would help ensure that the increasing number of students entering healthcare professions received adequate practical training.

The planned expansion comes against the backdrop of persistent concerns over the migration, popularly known as “Japa,” of Nigerian doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals seeking better remuneration, working conditions and career opportunities abroad.

The migration of health workers has raised concerns among professional bodies and health-sector stakeholders about its impact on Nigeria’s already strained healthcare system, particularly shortages of skilled personnel in public hospitals.

With the proposed simulation centres, the government is seeking to expand training capacity while improving the quality of practical education for a growing pool of health professional students.

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Best way to Eat Fruit is on Empty Stomach — Prof. Ken Anugweje

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This will open your eyes to the full benefits of eating fruits!

*Prof Anugweje has been treating terminal ill Cancer patients by an *”unorthodox” way and many patients recover. He is also a sports medicine specialist.*
He insists that all athletes eat fruits on empty stomach.

Before he used solar energy to clear the illnesses of his patients, he believes on natural healing in the body against illnesses. See his article below.

It is one of the strategies to heal cancer. As of late, my success rate in curing Cancer is about 80%.

Cancer patients shouldn’t die. The cure for cancer is already found – it’s in the way we eat fruits.

It is whether you believe it or not.

I am sorry for the hundreds of Cancer patients who die under the conventional treatments.*

*EATING FRUITS*

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths.

It’s not as easy as you think. It’s important to know how and when to eat the fruits.

*What is the correct way of eating fruits?*

*IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS!*

FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH:*

If you eat fruits on empty stomach, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.*

*FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.*

Let’s say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit.

*The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so due to the bread taken before the fruit.*

In the meantime, the whole meal of bread & fruit rots and ferments and turns to acid.

The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

*So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals!*

You have heard people complaining :
Every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc.. etc..

*Actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach.*

The fruit mixes with the putrefying of other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat !

*Greying hair, balding, nervous outburst and dark circles under the eyes all these will NOT happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.*

*There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter.*

If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the SECRET of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice – drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans, packs or bottles.

*Don’t even drink juice that has been heated up.*

*Don’t eat cooked fruits because you don’t get the nutrients at all.*

You only get its taste.
Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice.

If you should drink the fresh fruit juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.

*You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse or detoxify your body.*

*Just eat fruits and drink fresh fruit juice throughout the 3 days.*

And you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look !

*KIWI fruit:*
Tiny but mighty.
This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

*APPLE:*
An apple a day keeps the doctor away?
Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

*STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit:*
Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging and free radicals.

*ORANGE: Sweetest medicine.*
Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

*WATERMELON:*
Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system.

They are also a key source of lycopene the cancer fighting oxidant.
Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.

*GUAVA & PAPAYA:*
Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content.

Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation.

Papaya (pawpaw) is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

*Drinking COLD water or drinks after a meal = CANCER.*

Can you believe this ?

For those who like to drink cold water or cold drinks, this article is applicable to you.

It is not nice to have a cup of cold water or cold drinks after a meal.

However, the cold or drinks will solidify the oily stuff that you have just eaten.

It will slow down the digestion.

Once this ‘sludge’ reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food.

It will line the intestine.

*Very soon, this will turn into FATS and lead to CANCER!*

*It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.*

*Let’s be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.*

Prof Ken Anugweje, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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