The Lagos state HIV/AIDS control agency says 90 percent of Lagos residents should know their HIV status by 2020. Th agency said this at a HIV intervention programme for motorcycle owners and riders association. “We […]
The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate the operations of the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited to ascertain the safety of its soft drinks for consumption by Nigerians. The NBC produces and markets popular […]
During the week, the Nigeria public sphere was filled with discussions of a judgment which placed Coca-Cola Nigeria in a bad shape as an organisation which is concerned more with financial gain over the health […]
The federal government says the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) did not breach the standards of production in Nigeria, certifying Fanta and Sprite safe for consumption. In a statement released by Boade Akinola, director of media […]
THE LEPER’S TALE Mustapha Abdullahi, a resident of Egabi in Kaduna State, has been battling leprosy for over eight years. The 42-year-old, down with hives on his skin and severe deformity on both limbs, is […]
A Lagos state high court has ruled that Fanta and Sprite, soft drinks produced by the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC), contain excessive levels of additives which make them unsafe for human consumption. This ruling is […]
The list of reasons for why headaches occur can seem almost endless: stress, anxiety, eye strain, colds, fevers, arguments with people that — however difficult this is to imagine — don’t love Monty Python, certain […]
The several attempts by the present management of Queen’s College, Yaba, Lagos, to suppress information about negative developments in the school induced the provocative title of this essay. The title is also meant to spur […]
Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children’s agency said Monday. In Yemen, where war has been raging for […]
Mike Ogirima, a professor of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, is the President of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, and President of Nigeria Orthopaedic Association. He spoke in an exclusive interview with Ayodamola Owoseye and Nike […]
The potential of this National Health Act to flip the proverbial coin is rooted in the consensus that its impact is strongest at the primary healthcare level due to the proposed Basic Health Care Provision […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved a new National Health Policy. Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole, who stated this yesterday, also said the University don Ezibe Madueke, who recently came up with a […]
The founder of Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria, Mrs. Betty Akeredolu, has called for more awareness to prevent the spread of cancer in the country. Speaking in Lagos during an awareness programme held at the […]
Fears over the President’s health were dismissed yesterday. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo told Nigerians: there is no cause for alarm. President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate for an extension of his 10-day vacation. […]
Sani Aliyu assumed office as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, NACA, in November last year. He had his first degree at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and worked for […]
Roughly one year after the 2016 outbreak of Lassa fever, the Federal Government has confirmed the presence of the infectious disease in seven states. Affected states include Plateau, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Rivers, Taraba, and Edo. […]
Nigerians need not worry about the health of President Muhammadu Buhari because he is fit and healthy, Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, told Arise TV yesterday in Abuja when he appeared on the global […]
A new strain of Avian Influenza virus, popularly known as bird flu, has entered Nigeria and spread to 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory, with over 3.5 million birds affected, the Federal Government has […]
Three years after the National Health Act was signed into law in 2014, the much anticipated benefits are yet to be felt by Nigerians. The bill took 10 years to become law. But while the […]
There are fears that Lassa fever, which ravaged many states across the nation earlier in the year, may spread farther, after a nurse and a patient died of the disease recently at the Federal Medical […]
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