AdminJan 10, 20182 min readEnugu approves N36 million for World Bank Project against malariaThe Enugu State Executive Council has approved N36 million as Commitment fee to participate in a World Bank-sponsored programme aimed at...
AdminJan 9, 20181 min readChinese-produced HIV, Hepatitis vaccines receive WHO pre-qualificationTwo Chinese-produced vaccines, a Bivalent Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine (BOPV) and a Hepatitis “A” Vaccine (HAV), have received...
AdminJan 9, 20181 min readNine killed as yellow fever hits 16 statesNo fewer than nine people have been killed in following an outbreak of Yellow fever in Nigeria. This is contained in Nigeria Centre for...
AdminJan 8, 20182 min readStudy shows excess fat in heart increases cardiac failure risks in diabetics(Xinhua/NAN) People suffering from diabetes run two- to five-fold risks of heart failure if they have excess fat in the heart, which...
AdminJan 8, 20181 min readFCTA to immunize children against measles in February – OfficialThe Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Development Board, says plans have been concluded to immunise children against...
AdminJan 8, 20182 min readEar cleaning: ENT surgeon warns against use of cotton buds, othersAn Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Prof. Titus Ibekwe, on Thursday urged the general public to desist from using cotton buds, pen cover,...
AdminJan 8, 20182 min readKogi NMA directs doctors to resume suspended strikeThe Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kogi State on Sunday directed its members to resume the strike they suspended on June 22, 2017,...
AdminJan 5, 20182 min readKidnapped Cross River senior medical doctor still in abductors’ den after ten daysA Senior Medical Doctor, Dr Usang Ekanem who was kidnapped on December 26, 2017 is yet to regain his freedom ten days after. This was...
AdminJan 5, 20183 min readLaser Oil warns Nigerians on danger of cholesterolRenowned dietician and nutritionist, Charles Oguikpe, has warned Nigerians to be weary of the oil they patronize, as most of them are...
AdminJan 3, 20182 min readLAUTECH Teaching Hospital workers protest sack of 256, redeployment of 300 staffStaff of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, took to the streets of Ogbomoso on Tuesday to...
AdminJan 2, 20182 min read20,210 babies born in Nigeria on Jan. 1 – UNICEFNigeria would have approximately 20,210 babies born into the country on the New Year’s day. This represents the third largest population...
AdminDec 29, 20171 min readHow regular washing of face prevent blindness – OphthalmologistDr Ogbe James, an Ophthalmologist, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital on Friday said that constant washing of the face would prevent...
AdminDec 29, 20171 min readNAFDAC alerts public of counterfeited Coartem malaria tablets [PHOTO]The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has raised an alarm over the circulation of a fake anti malaria...
AdminDec 29, 20172 min readLAUTECH Teaching Hospital: Resident doctors react, condemn government actionChairman, Association of Resident Doctors, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Teaching Hospital, Dr Sebastine Oiwoh has...
AdminDec 28, 20171 min readLAUTECH Teaching Hospital sacks 255, redeploys 299 staff to state serviceNo fewer than two hundred and fifty-five (255) workers of Ladoka Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital have been...
AdminDec 24, 20172 min readStudy reveals how lungs impaired by smoking can be restoredSmokers who quit smoking and live on a diet high in tomatoes and fruits, particularly apples, have better chances of restoring their lung...
AdminDec 21, 20172 min read60 million at risk of sleeping sickness in Sub-Saharan Africa – ExpertA lecturer with the Faculty of Vetenary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Shuaibu Mohammed, has revealed that there are about...
AdminDec 21, 20171 min readFour dies from cholera outbreak in NasarawaFour persons have died following the outbreak of cholera disease in Shege ward of Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The state...
AdminDec 18, 20171 min readNAFDAC introduces whistle-blowing on fake drugsThe National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has called on Nigerians to report any form of illegal drug...
AdminDec 15, 20172 min readNigeria had second largest HIV epidemic in 2016 — ReportNigeria had the second largest HIV epidemic in 2016, with over 196,000 adolescents, representing 10 per cent of the global burden said to...
