Health

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of the former first Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Amb. Shehu Malami, Sarkin Sudan of Wurno, who passed away recently. Buhari, described the news of the death of the…

The Federal Government has claimed that 10 million children are fed daily under its Social Investment Programme (SIP), while 1,632,480 households benefited from the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme. CCT facilitates the transfer of…

Brazilian football great Pele will spend Christmas in hospital, his medical team and family said Wednesday, as he receives treatment for worsening cancer as well as kidney and heart problems. The 82-year-old “requires greater care…

Europe and North America have seen shortages of the key antibiotic amoxicillin and other medications as surging illnesses particularly among children have increased demand for the drugs. Hospitals in many countries have come under…

Many individuals in Maiduguri, Borno state are now able to gain access to free medical care supported by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the official Presidential candidate of the APC. The outreach is scheduled to deliver standardized primary…

Nigeria recorded a slight decrease in malaria prevalence, from 23 per cent in 2018 to 22 per cent in 2021, Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has said. Enahire made this known at the Official Launch and Dissemination of the National…

As Nigeria joins the rest of the globe to mark World AIDS Day (WAD), today, it is estimated that no fewer than 1.8 million Nigerians are living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).…

Commandant General, of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, has ordered the setting up of disability duty desks across its commands nationwide to scale up support and protection of Person’s Living with…

MEDICAL experts have raised the alarm that the ratio of doctors available in the country was now one to 6,400 patients as a result of brain-drain. The experts, including the Chief Medical Director, University of Medical Sciences Teaching…

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (retd), has said that Nigeria was number one cannabis-using country in the world, stating that 10.6 million Nigerians abused the…