Tag: health
Ponmo consumption is dangerous to health – Leather Scientist
Dr Isuwa Adamu, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Leather Science and Technology (NILEST), Zaria, on Tuesday warned against the consumption of…
Brain Partners Tunde Kelani To Fight HIV/AIDS
Daniels Ekugo Rap artist Brain, is teaming up with ace movie director Tunde Kelani to produce the visual for his…
Arik Air Resumes Flights To Banjul After Ebola
Simon Ateba/Lagos Arik Air, Nigeria’s largest commercial carrier is resuming flight services to Banjul, Gambia, the airline said in a…
Synagogue Tragedy: Lagos Begins DNA Test To Identify Dead Bodies
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has begun DNA test to identify bodies of victims of the Synagogue Church building…
Lagos Poly Joins Fight Against Ebola
Harrison Iyoha Students and lecturers from the Department of Mass Communication at the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH, Ikorodu Main Campus…
Tinubu’ll Live Longer Than His Mother –-Ogunnusi
Otunba Yomi Ogunnusi, a lawmaker representing Ifako-Ijaiye in the House of Representatives has warned detractors circulating evil reports about the…
Ebola Could Strike 20,000 In Six Weeks — Study
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa could infect 20,000 people as soon as early November unless rigorous infection control measures…
Lamboginny, Clay Take Ebola Campaign To Snake Island
Funsho Arogundade Still basking in the euphoria of their successful musical collaboration, “Broken”, music star and activist Lamboginny and fast…
NAFDAC Arrests Importers Of Fake Ebola Virus Test Kits
Oluremilekun Osobu-Asubiojo The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has apprehended two men in Lagos for…
Students Lauds Unilorin’s Fight Against Ebola
Harrison Iyoha Students of the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, Ilorin, Kwara State, are thankful to the school management for the…
OAU Students Debunk Unrest Ebola Scare Rumour
Lukman Akintola Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State have affirmed the state of tranquillity on the campus…
MFM Cancels Convention Over Ebola
Femi Anjorin The General Overseer and the Founder of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles, MFM Ministries, Dr. Daniel Kolawole…
In Pictures: Ebola Virus Awareness Campaign
A rally on Ebola Virus Awareness organised by Women Arise for change initiative at Allen roundabout, Ikeja, Lagos State this…
How I Survived Ebola Virus —Doctor Who Treated Sawyer
Eromosele Ebhomele & Yisa Jamiu For Dr. Ada Igonoh, one of the doctors who had contact with the late Patrick…
Obama To Outline Battle Plans Against Ebola
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to detail on Tuesday a plan to boost his country’s involvement in mitigating the…
Shasore Announces Health Trust In Honour Of Adadevoh
Kazeem Ugbodaga Former Lagos State Attorney-General, AG, and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olasupo Shasore, at the weekend announced the establishment…
WHO Lauds Fashola On Ebola Fight
Global acknowledgement of the sterling leadership shown by the Lagos State Government and Governor Babatunde Fashola, SAN in the containment of the…
Ebola: Nigerians Stranded In S’Leone
Abubakar Hashim/Freetown with Agency report Scores of Nigerians are stranded in Sierra Leone following the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease…
As Schools Resume 22 Sept.
Now that the Nigerian Government has announced a definite date for schools to resume in the country, it is very…
Beware Of Dieter’s Tricks
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi In Nigeria our craving mechanism are out of order. Sometimes we feel like we just want…
Ebola Threatening Liberia’s Existence, Minister Warns
Ebola is threatening the very existence of Liberia as the killer virus spreads like “wild fire”, the defence minister warned…
200 benefit from Kwara’s ‘Ageing Gracefully’ health programme
No fewer than 200 people received treatment for different ailments under a free healthcare programme for the aged in Irepodun…
Ebola: Health Minister Moves To Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Sampson Parker says the Minister for Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu will be…
A Clarion Call To Curb Ebola Spread
The terpid global response to the outbreak of Ebola in some West African countries is proof that indeed, some countries…
OAU, UNILAG Sensitize Students On Ebola
Akintola Lukman & Charles Agu The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has held a sensitization campaign to…
Patrick Sawyer And the Burden Of Collective National Guilt
By Osuolale Alalade It was a refreshing quiet Christmas day in 2009. I remember it so vividly because of the…
Fake Ebola Test Kits On Sale In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga/with agency report Some unscrupulous Nigerians are profiteering from the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, as…
Sweet But Unfriendly
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi On a familiarisation visit to a neighbour who just moved into the neighbourhood. Her nine year…
Glorious Last Born At 70
By Sulaiman Osho Providence has a way of fulfilling itself on every individual. Destiny has a way of manifesting on…
Ebola: Fashola Receives FG’s N200m
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos Governor, Babatunde Fashola says the state has received the N200 million donated by the Federal Government to…