Health

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that the Federal Government, with the support of the United Nations, Global Fund and Civil Society Organisations, has enrolled almost 1.5 million Nigerians on life-saving HIV treatment. He said this at a United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS to …

  There are about 30 suspected cases of cholera disease registered in Plateau State as Nigerians are urged to be very careful and report any incident to credible health facilities. In fact, it was derived that the cholera was registered in some communities in Jos South local government area and …

  A suspected fraudster, who allegedly murders his twin brother at Oleh, headquarters of Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, has been apprehended by police personels. However, the reason for the murder is undisclosed at press time, sources said it might have been carried out for ritual goals. The …

  Bauchi State government, yesterday, verified 20 people dead from suspected cholera outbreak in Bauchi. So, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Aliyu Maigoro, who reported this while talking to newsmen on the outbreak at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Bauchi, said 322 cases have been reported so far. …

No fewer than 20 people have been killed in a fresh cholera outbreak in some parts of the state of Bauchi State. It was gathered that about 322 persons have been infected with the disease. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Aliyu Mohammed Maigoro, gave an update on the situation …

Njideka Udochi a Nigerian-born medical doctor practicing in the U.S. and younger sister to the current WTO DG, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has received a major award for COVID-19 Community Engagement and Response in Howard County, Maryland, USA. The award, which is worth $65,000, comes barely three months after she was …

A minimum of two persons have been reported dead with many others who sustained injury following an explosion from a gas cylinder at a welder workshop in the town of Azare, Katagum local government area of Bauchi State. According to an anonymous eyewitness account, a trailer that was parked at …

Just in, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 42 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 166,061. Moreover, the NCDC said this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 42 new infections …

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC has damaged products worth N515, 732.587. Accordingly, the damaged items included substandard and falsified medicines, unwholesome processed food products, unsafe cosmetics, and other counterfeit regulated products seized from importers and manufacturers in the North-Eastern angles of Nigeria. Moreover, …

  The Kaduna State College of Nursing and Midwifery has verified the demise of one of its students, Lydia Dantata, in a petrol filling station fire opposite its Kafanchan campus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that about 10 students of the school were unlucky to be in the …