Cheaper drugs coming as President sets up committee
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the setting up of an inter-ministerial committee to fashion out how medicines and livestock drugs can be made available to the Nigerian public at a…
Latest: How mobile phones cause cancer, depression
There is now ‘clear evidence’ that cell phone radiation can cause cancers of the heart, brain and adrenal glands, a landmark United States (U.S.) National Institutes of Health (NIH) study…
Kwara State of Nigeria.
Nurse, cleric arrested in Ilorin over attempted placenta for money ritual
From Wole Adedeji, Ilorin. A nurse attendant with a private hospital in Ilorin , Kwara state and a Muslim cleric have been arrested by men of the Kwara state Police command…
Zion Medical announces results of clinical trial of HIV drug that kills 99 per cent of virus
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 31, 2018/PRNewswire/ -- Zion Medical, an Israeli biotech company developing HIV and cancer treatments, has announced the results of the first clinical trial of HIV-drug Gammora, eliminating up…
Prof. Usman's Yusuf.
Embattled NHIS boss sent on leave by Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has intervened in the on-going crisis in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) over the suspension of the Executive Secretary (ES) Prof. Usman Yusuf by the Governing…
Kwara State of Nigeria.
Why Nigeria is with Afghanistan and Pakistan as countries with Polio – Rotary International
From Wole Adedeji, Ilorin Nigeria is witb Afghanistan and Pakistan as the only three nations in the world where polio is yet to be eradicated because of the insurgency there, the…
Reps member donates renovated health centres to churches
From Chuks Collins, Awka A principal officer of the Federal House of Representatives, Prince Chukwuka Onyema, representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency has handed over all health centres renovated and equipped in…
Federal Secretariat complex, the hub of federal public service.
FG condemns strikes, states how Nigeria loses about $2 billion yearly due to poor healthcare
The Federal Government on Thursday expressed concern over the spate of industrial crises in the health sector, saying “incessant strikes in public sector are counterproductive.” The government stated that Nigeria…
Anambra Student Invents Bitter-Leaf Processing Machine
By Uche Nworah. A 16 years old SS3 student of Cummunity Secondary School Okpuno, Awka South LGA of Anambra State, Dikanna Onuigbo has invented a machine that processes bitter leaves…
Bayelsa Specialist Hospital.
Bayelsa begins sensitization campaign on safe motherhood
***inaugurates committee to visit communities The Bayelsa State Government has inaugurated a campaign committee to spread the message of the Safe Motherhood Initiative which was recently launched by the government.…