AdminOct 24, 20171 min readNigerian government can’t ban doctors from private practice – NMAThe Nigerian Medical Association has kicked against a recent order by the Nigerian government, banning private doctors from practising in...
AdminOct 23, 20171 min readVaccination scare can hamper fight against polio – Rotary ClubRotary Club International has expressed fear that the recent vaccination scare in some parts of the country was capable of affecting the...
AdminOct 20, 20171 min readNasarawa records one suspected case of monkeypoxDr Danail Iya, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Health said on Friday that only one suspected case of monkeypox had been recorded in the...
AdminOct 20, 20172 min readPsychiatrist says mental illness like any chronic disease, treatableA consultant psychiatrist, Dr Victor Lasebikan, on Friday, says mental illness is just like any chronic disease that is treatable....
AdminOct 20, 20172 min readWHO reveals why monkey pox spread quickly in Nigerian statesThe Delta State Coordinator of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Bassey Bassey, has said flooding in various parts of the country...
AdminOct 19, 20171 min read11 children die of whooping cough in KanoThe Kiru Local Government Council of Kano State says about 11 children have died of whooping cough at Kankwana village. This is contained...
AdminOct 19, 20171 min readMonkeypox: We have curtailed spread of deadly virus – Bayelsa GovtThe Bayelsa State Government has announced that the spread of the Monkeypox disease had been mitigated in the state. According to the...
AdminOct 19, 20171 min readMonkeypox: Deadly virus spreads to Delta State, 9 persons hospitalisedAbout 9 persons have been allegedly hospitalised on Thursday as the dreaded monkeypox disease hit Delta State. According to Punch, six of...
AdminOct 19, 20172 min readCancer kills over 72,000 Nigerians yearly – Health Minister, AdewoleThe Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole yesterday, said that over 72,000 Nigerians die annually of cancer related diseases across the...
AdminOct 19, 20171 min readMonkeypox: Suspected cases increase to 74The Monkey pox disease outbreak has spread to 11 states with 74 suspected cases recorded, the Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole has...
AdminOct 17, 20171 min readFG alerts Nigerians on high rate of kidney trafficking in EgyptThe Federal Ministry of Health has released a memo to the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, to alert Nigerians on the high rate of...
AdminOct 16, 20171 min readMonkey pox patient commits suicide in BayelsaOne of the patients receiving medical care for monkey pox at the quarantine centre in Bayelsa State has committed suicide. Commissioner...
AdminOct 16, 20171 min readMonkeypox: Health Minister, Adewole gives update on diseaseThe Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said all the Monkey Pox test samples obtained from Lagos tested negative. This was...
AdminOct 15, 20172 min readFG’s ban on doctors’ private practice an expensive joke – Dr. ObayiThe President, National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) Federal Medical Centre Abuja, Dr Emmanuel Obayi, has said the federal...
AdminOct 14, 20172 min readNMA challenges Nigerian govt over private practice ban on doctorsThe Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has called on the Federal Government to clearly define its moves to ban medical doctors in public...
AdminOct 13, 20173 min readCodeine: Northern groups calls for ban of open drug marketsThe Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, have called on the 19 northern governors on the need for total closure of all the open drug...
AdminOct 13, 20171 min readMonkeypox: FCT records seven suspected casesThe Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has said that seven suspected pox cases have been recorded in four FCT Hospitals...
AdminOct 12, 20171 min readMonkeypox: Nigerian government denies vaccination in South-EastThe Federal Government has denied executing vaccination against Monkeypox in the South-Eastern or any part of Nigeria. There were reports...
AdminOct 12, 20172 min readMonkey pox: Anambra schools register poor attendanceSchools in Anambra State, Thursday, witnessed poor attendance resulting from Wednesday’s monkey pox disease scare which began as a result...
AdminOct 12, 20171 min readBan of resident doctors from private practice is human right violation – OgunnubiThe Federal Government’s ban of doctors in full-time employment in the public service from private practice has been described as a gross...
