Tag: health
Ezuma The Billionaire Baby Seller
James Ezuma, a medical doctor nabbed by the police in Owerri, Imo State, for operating baby factories, is the face…
I Almost Lost My Life To Fake Drugs
Renowned flutist and Chairman, Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, ACC, Tee Mac Omatsola Itseli, has disclosed that he almost died last year after…
Doctors Begin Warning Strike
Doctors in public hospitals this morning withdrew their services in compliance with a directive of their association to embark on…
A Cleansing Mission
Kano State Hisbah Board steps up arrest of prostitutes, drug abusers and indecent dressers in its renewed war on moral…
Lagos Probes High Incidents Of Goitre
The Lagos State Government says it will investigate the cause of high cases of goitre in Badagry. Gov. Babatunde Fashola…
Zamfara Sacks 400 Nurses, Midwives Over Strike
The government of the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara has sacked over 400 nurses and midwives, who went on strike…
Better Choices
Very often I hear people talk about “stress” eating. You are doing so well on your healthy eating plan and…
Sugary Drinks Increase Cancer In Women
Women addicted to sugar-sweetened beverages and carbonated drinks do not only risk obesity, diabetes and heart disease, they also risk…
Pfizer Fulfils A Promise
An ultra-modern diagnostic and disease control centre, a fruit of the out-of-court settlement of the dispute between Pfizer and Kano…
Gunmen invade Nigerian hospital, demand new born babies
Five gunmen, suspected to be ritualists on Sunday invaded the government hospital in Ado-Ekiti, demanding for new born babies. The…
Life And Longevity
By Sharon Jane One group of soldiers was put on a restricted diet and compared with another group on a…
Cholera Kills Woman 2 Months After Wedding
Cholera claimed another victim on Monday at Yaba area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, after the victim was reported to have…
Reducing The Prevalence Of Kidney Diseases
By Bilkis Bakare The frequency of kidney failure has doubled all over the world in the last two decades. In…
Hospital Rehabilitates 40,000 Psychiatric Patients
The Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital (FNPH) Maiduguri says it has successfully rehabilitated 40,000 psychiatric patients in the last 10 years.…
Governor Wamakko’s Transformation Of Sokoto State
Exhibiting sound administrative competence, Governor Aliyu Magatarda Wamakko adds uncommon value to the provision of basic infrastructure in Sokoto State …
Sickle Cell: The Dazzling Mirage
A university don exposes challenges faced by Sickle Cell disease sufferers When Olayinka Abimbola Egbokhare, a lecturer at the Faculty…
Chemical Knocks Off 25 Students, 2 Teachers
Twenty-five students and two teachers of Ogba Junior Grammar School in Ogba, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, were on Thursday evening…
UBTH To Acquire N100m Cancer Machine
The Chief Medical Director, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. Michael Ibadin, on Wednesday, said the hospital would acquire…
Fake Doctor Remanded
An Isheri Senior Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Monday remanded a 42-year-old man, Akintolure Stephen, of 69, Alagbo-Ile Road, Ojodu, Berger,…
Guinness Tasks Nigerians On Regular Eye Checks
Guinness Nigeria Plc has lent its voice to the global war against surmountable sight problems, urging Nigerians to take advantage…
Strength Of Immunity
By Sharon Jane Walk into a store, and you will find bottles of pills and herbal preparations that claim to…
Malaria vaccine coming
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will seek marketing approval for the world’s first malaria vaccine next year after trial data showed the…
Kano Destroyed N3bn Fake Drugs In Past One Year —Official
The Kano State Government said on Thursday it had destroyed fake and adulterated drugs worth over N3 billion in the…
I’m Closer To God Now
Vast, one half of the Bracket music group, recently returned to Nigeria after undergoing treatment for blood cancer in the…
How To Make Money In Quail Farming
Prince Arinze Onebunne For us at Jovana Farms, raising Quail, grasscutter, Rabbit, Snail, guinea pig and antelope has became second…
Hyper Speed, Hyper Stress
One day my friend Flora and I were discussing the challenges of time. We admitted that like most people we…
Fruits, Vegetables Curb Bladder Cancer In Women
Beyond providing needed nutrients and vitamins in the body, a report has indicated that fruits and vegetables have now been…
3 Butchers Sent To Jail Over Illegal Abattoirs
The Special Offences Court in Alausa, Ikeja has sent three butchers to prison for allegedly operating illegal slaughter slabs at…
Okada Ban: Bone Setter Laments Loss Of Customers
The Benin Traditional Bone Setting Centre said it had lost 80 per cent of its customers to the ban on…
UI, OAU To Award Degrees In Trado Medicine Practice
The Federal Government has certified some federal universities to award degree certificates in traditional medicine practice. The National President, National…