Panic as nurse dies of Lassa fever in Ebonyi

An outbreak of Lassa fever has claimed the life of a nurse treating patients at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, Ebonyi State. A...

NDLEA nabs hairdresser, dispatch rider selling drug-laced chin-chin

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu, and a 30-year-old dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, for...

NDLEA, Otti’s wife reinforce war against drug abuse in Abia

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Abia State Command has called for the setting up of a committee against drug abuse in the...

Kidney: Experts call for strict regulations on carbonated, alcoholic drinks

Experts in the treatment of kidney diseases have called for stricter regulations on carbonated and alcoholic drinks to stop the growing cases of organ...

Kidney disease patients to get health insurance coverage

The Senate on Thursday adopted a resolution to provide chronic kidney disease patients with comprehensive health insurance packages. The resolution followed a motion sponsored by...

Nigeria has only 6 VVF specialists, cases increasing – Dr Lengmang decries

A Fistula expert Jos, Plateau State, Associate Prof. Sunday Lengmang, has decried the dearth of specialists in the field. Lengmang, who is the Director of...

We will contribute N420bn to national GDP- Veterinarians tell Tinubu

The President of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, NVMA, Dr Moses Arokoyo, has disclosed the readiness of the association to contribute N420 billion to...

Yobe needs psychiatric hospitals for her mentally ill citizens – Concerned citizen

The Yobe State government has been advised to establish a psychiatric hospital for the treatment of the growing number of people with ‘mental illness’...

Take children to health centres as heat worsens – Niger Gov’s wife, Fatima to...

Wife of the Niger State Governor, Hajiya Fatima Mohammed Umaru Bago has called on women in the state to visit health facilities to protect...

IWD: More women living with HIV in Nigeria, says NACA

The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Gambo Aliyu has said that more women are living with HIV...

Saudi medical team separates Kano conjoined twins

A Saudi medical and surgical team has successfully completed the separation surgery of Nigerian conjoined twins, Hassana and Husaina, at the King Abdullah Specialist...

Fear in Benue as lassa fever claims nine lives in IDPs camps

Benue State is currently struggling with a Lassa fever outbreak that has claimed the lives of nine individuals in the past two months. The state...

Step up efforts on polio immunisation – Zamfara Primary Health Care Agency to committee

The Executive Secretary, Zamfara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Yakubu Hussaini Anka, has called on the Social Mobilization Committee to redouble its efforts...

Relocating drug markets to wholesale centres, crucial to sanitizing system – NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has emphasized the importance of relocating open drug markets to Coordinated Wholesale Centres,...

Probe strange killer disease in Gombe, Reps urge FG

The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to investigate and curtail the spread of an unidentified disease that has killed...

Three health workers die in suspected outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever in Kaduna

The Accident and Emergency, A&E, Department of 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna, has lost three members of staff and a patient suspected to...

Lassa fever claims 14 in Ebonyi

The Ebonyi State Ministry of Health has said that Lassa fever had killed 14 people in the state. The Director of Public Health at the...

Don’t feed babies with adult milk – Paediatricians warn parents

A Consultant Paediatrician, Dr Amala Okore, has warned mothers against substituting infant formula with adult milk, saying it can lead to malnutrition or other...

WHO raises alarm over rapid spread of measles cases

The World Health Organisation, on Tuesday, voiced alarm at the rapid spread of measles, with more than 306,000 cases reported worldwide last year –...

Medical experts caution Nigerians against panicking in wake of heat wave

Medical experts have cautioned Nigerians against panicking in the face of the present heat wave across the country, but rather take necessary precautions to...