Health
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Ex-NLC chairman slumps, dies during alleged dispute with police in Edo
By Usman Aliyu Benin, Dec. 4, 2024 The police command in Edo has ordered an investigation into the circumstances that…
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Foundation commemorates World AIDS Day in A’Ibom; Cautions against risky behaviours
By Isaiah Eka Uyo, Dec. 2, 2024 A Non Governmental Organisation, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has urged Nigerians, especially youth…
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UNICEF, Gombe targets wholistic child friendly policies for 2025 and beyond
Attah Willies, Gombe The Government of Gombe State and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have held a meeting with…
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Dabiri-Erewa lauds Eniola Shokunbi’s scientific innovation
Abuja: The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has expressed great pride in Eniola Shokunbi, a 12-year-old…
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Aging well and supporting the aged to exit well: Navigating the challenges of the 70s and 90s By Isaac Megbolugbe
November 30, 2024 Introduction Aging is a complex and multifaceted process that presents unique challenges and opportunities. As we navigate…
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Police to prosecute ‘bulletproof’ herbalist in Abuja
By Monday Ijeh Abuja, Nov. 30, 2024 The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is set to prosecute…
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Afreximbank partners with Med Aditus to boost local pharmaceutical production of essential medicines in Kenya
KISUMU, Kenya, November 29, 2024 African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) and Kenya-based Med Aditus Pharmaceutical Kenya Limited (Med Aditus) have…
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Sightsaver partners Unilever, GBF to empower 70 women with disabilities
L-R: A beneficiary, and Ms. Anita Kevin, Programme Officer, Girls Educational Skills Partnership/SABI Woman, SightSavers, at the empowerment of 70…
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Constant sexual intercourse does not prevent prostate cancer – Urologist
By Christian Njoku Calabar, Nov. 18, 2024 Dr Odezi Otobo, a Consultant Urologist says there is no medical or urological…
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Constant sexual intercourse does not prevent prostate cancer – urologist
By Christian Njoku Calabar, Nov. 18, 2024 Dr Odezi Otobo, a Consultant Urologist says there is no medical or urological…
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Slips, falls, and the thin line between life and death: A personal ordeal By Babafemi Ojudu
I recently traveled to Lagos to visit a former staff member who had suffered a stroke. He was very dear…
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Obi donates N60 million to Peter University, School of Nursing
The former Governor of Anambra State and the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, …
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The return of kwashiorkor By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The deadly kwashiorkor disease that was so much associated with the Biafra war has made a return to peacetime Nigeria.…
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Dabiri-Erewa congratulates Bashir Agboola on leadership honour in New York
Abuja, Nov. 3, 2024: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has applauded Bashir Agboola on his new…
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NNPC Ltd launches Free Cancer Screening Campaign, targets 3,000 Nigerians
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd) through NNPC Foundation, its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm, is set to…
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NMA points to challenges facing doctors in Abia
By Ijendu Iheaka Umuahia. Oct. 28, 2024 The Abia Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has identified scarcity of…
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NOA raises alarm over number of Monkey Pox cases in Akwa Ibom State
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has confirmed growing concern over Mpox cases in 10 out of the 31 local government…
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NiDCOM boss hails Dr. Elenitoba-Johnson on induction into US Academy of Medicine
Abuja, October 28, 2024 Hon. Abike Dabiri- Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has congratulated Dr. Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson on…
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Dabiri-Erewa commends exceptional diaspora healthcare project
Lagos: October 24, 2024 The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa says Caring Habitat facility hospital built…
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WHO certifies Egypt malaria-free, supports South Sudan on flooding
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Oct. 21, 2024 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially certified Egypt as malaria-free. The…
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The President is a sick man By Festus Adedayo
October 20, 2024 On April 4, 2021, I wrote a piece with the title The President is a sick man:…
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I was 25% deaf without knowing it – Obasanjo
By Olaide Ayinde Bauchi, Oct. 20, 2024 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he once suffered 25 per cent…
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Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, is alive – Army
By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Oct. 20, 2024 The Nigerian Army has dismissed the rumoured death of the Chief of Army…
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ARD-NAUTH seeks reversal of exclusion of clinical lecturers from NAU VC race
Resident Doctors at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) have urged the Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, to…
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Tanker explosion claims 90 lives in Jigawa – Police
Aisha Ahmed Dutse, Oct. 16, 2024 No fewer than 90 people were confirmed dead, following a petrol tanker explosion in…
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