Category: Health
Strange Illness Strikes Kwara Community, Kills Over 70
A strange ailment has reportedly killed over 70 persons in Oro-Ago community, in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Leaders and members of the community...
Kano State Government Immunizes 3 Million Children Against Polio
Kano State government has concluded the July round of poliomyelitis vaccination of over three million children below five years. In a chat with Corrspondence, the...
USA Commits $4.3billion To Combat HIV In Nigeria
The US government support for HIV/AIDS programmes in Nigeria totalled $4.3 billion between 2014 and 2016 with more than 700,000 patients treated in 2016 alone. Charge D...
Nigeria Tightens Borders Against Ebola Risk
A working group has been set up to assess the risk Ebola virus disease poses to Nigeria, in the wake of the confirmed outbreak of the disease in the Democratic Republic...
EBOLA: No Need For Travel Restrictions – WHO
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has ruled out restrictions in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the wake of the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in a part of...
Nigeria Records Increase In Mental Health Patients In 2016
As the country recovers from recession, stakeholders have urged Nigerians to remain positive in order to avoid psychological meltdown as reports from various Nigerian...
FG Summons NAFDAC DG Over N2.9bn Debt, Unapproved Expenditure
The federal government has summoned the acting director-general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC), Mrs Yetunde Oni to...
Nigeria Has One Of The Highest Numbers Of Newborn Deaths In Africa – UNICEF
Much as efforts are been geared towards a healthier society for all, UNICEF in a handbook extracted from Faith For Life have decried that, Nigeria still have one of the...
SGF Urges Doctors To Desist Using Strike To Seek Better Pay
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engineer Babachir David Lawal, has appealed to medical doctors in government employment, to desist from using...
Bird Flu Hits 26 States, FCT – Audu Ogbe
The Minister of Health and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, has disclosed that a new strain of Avian Influenza virus, also known as bird flu, has entered the country...
Top 7 Foods You Must Eat To Last Long in Bed (FOR MEN)
1. Bananas Having sex can require energy, which is why eating banana a couple of hours before the act is good. Bananas help replenish low levels of glucose in your body...
Polio: Senate To Probe $400m Global Fund’s Donation
The Senate has vowed to begin an investigation into the alleged abuse of over $400 million donated by Global Fund to fight polio scourge in Nigeria even as it said it...
