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True story: Azoosperma, three friends, three pregnancies

By Adesida Adewumi MD I was a medical student in the university when I met David, a law student then. We became friends. One day...

Hundreds of pastors meet in Abuja as Christos offers free medicals, spiritual refreshment

A conference involving over 50 Bishops and 1, 000 Pastors will kick off on Friday, 2nd June 2023 at the Cathedral of the Christos...

Resident doctors resume work, while watching FG for 14 days

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) members were spotted across the country at their duty posts on Monday after calling  off their five-day...

Experts commence free open heart surgeries in Anambra

From Chuks Moses, Awka No fewer than eighteen (18) beneficiaries requiring Open Heart surgery, are lined up for this year's ongoing medical mission of Sir...

Cottage of Hope, Lay Faithful give medications to Kaduna IDPs

A Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), Cottage of Hope, in collaboration with the Lay Faithful Trust Foundation (LFTF), has conducted medical relief distribution to Christian IDPs...

Favourite food, Indomie noodles, going off kitchen shelves over fears of alleged cancer element

After days of speculations, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reiterated that the ban on the importation of...

The doctors’ enslavement bill: Matters arising

By Talemoh Wycliffe Dah MD The bill by the Honorable member of the House of Representatives from Isolo, Abiodun Jonathan, seeking to compel fresh medical...

Doctors protest 5-year service as UK ends ‘active recruitment’ of health workers from Nigeria, others 

Protests over a plan by the National Assembly to introduce a compulsory five-year service licensing for Nigerian trained doctors has continued with the National...

Sad and Pathetic: 82,000 women die yearly from pregnancy in Nigeria.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that about 82,000 Nigerian women die yearly from complications from pregnancy or childbirth in the country. It...

Nigeria, others face health workers shortage amid foreign recruitment, says WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria and 54 other countries are struggling with serious health worker shortages as they continue seeking better-paid opportunities...

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