AdminNov 7, 20183 min readRising cases of chronic kidney disease in Yobe trigger concern among stakeholdersThe raising cases of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) that is leading to kidney failure in recent years in Yobe state and Bade local...
AdminNov 6, 20182 min readNursing Council: Protesting students block Enugu Psychiatric Hospital with coffin [PHOTO]Protesting students of the School of Basic Psychiatry and Nursing, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, on Tuesday, barricaded the...
AdminNov 6, 20182 min readDelta nurses protest against PHCs executive secretariesNo fewer than about 300 nurses under the aegis of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) drawn from the 25 local...
AdminNov 5, 20182 min read25m Nigerians suffering from disabilities – ITFThe Director General, Industrial Training Fund, ITF, Sir Joseph Ari, has said that research has shown that one in every ten people in...
AdminNov 5, 20182 min readN30,000 Minimum wage: Medical, health workers vow to shutdown hospitalsThe Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) has said it would join the indefinite strike championed by the Nigeria Labour...
AdminNov 5, 20181 min readNew minimum wage: Doctors state position on strikeKwara branch of the Nigeria Medical Assocuation (NMA) has distanced itself from the nationwide strike proposed by the NLC on Tuesday. ...
AdminNov 5, 20181 min readMinimum wage: Health workers announce indefinite strikeThe Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria has called on its members nationwide to embark on indefinite strike, with effect from...
AdminNov 3, 20182 min readAbuja conjoined twins: UATH gives update on condition of babies, how they were successfully separateThe Management of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, UATH, has confirmed the survival and stability of the conjoined twins who...
AdminNov 2, 20181 min readFive die, 16 hospitalised as cholera hits GombeAbout five people were confirmed dead following a cholera outbreak in Kenbu village, Balanga LGA of Gombe State. This was just as 16...
AdminNov 1, 20182 min readHow lack of regular sex can make you lose your job – ExpertA Sex Therapist and Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Tomi Imarah, says not having sex regularly, being part of a balanced diet, can make one...
AdminOct 31, 20181 min readNigerian doctors successfully separate conjoined twins in Abuja hospital [PHOTOS]A team of Nigerian doctors on Tuesday successfully separated a set of conjoined twins at University of Abuja Teaching Hospital...
AdminOct 29, 20182 min readNHIS crisis: Why HMOs should be scrapped – Protesting workersStaff of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), on Monday called for a legislation that will phase out Health Maintenance...
AdminOct 28, 20182 min readNMA tasks police on medical quackery, says Nigerians are endangeredThe Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Ekiti State chapter, has appealed to the police and other security agencies to join in the...
AdminOct 28, 20182 min readNHIS crisis: What Buhari’s minister, Isaac Adewole should have done – SobowaleRenowned management consultant, Dele Sobowale, has said the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, should have resigned from the...
AdminOct 17, 20182 min readNAFDAC bans Malco vitamin B complex injection in NigeriaThe National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has banned the importation, sale and distribution of Malco...
AdminOct 15, 20181 min readNigerian doctors warn against use of urine, breast milk to treat ‘apollo’The Nigerian Optometric Association on Monday warned the general public against the use of urine, breast milk, and acid, among other...
AdminOct 14, 20181 min readNAFDAC seals “Puer water” factory for producing without treatment, near toilet, drainageThe National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has shut down some facilities involved in illegal production of...
AdminOct 11, 20182 min readHospitals detain 7 sickle cell patients over inability to pay billsTwo hospitals in Anambra (names withheld) have detained seven sickle cell anaemia patients over inability to pay high hospital bills....
AdminOct 9, 20182 min readTramadol, codeine abuse still high among Nigerian youths, women – NDLEA boss, AbdallahThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has decried the continuous high-level abuse of Tramadol and codeine based cough syrup...
AdminOct 5, 20181 min readOver 80,000 persons living with HIV in Ondo – NACAThe National Agency for the Control of Aids, NACA, has disclosed that 81,481 persons are currently infected and living with the Human...
