Category: Health

LASEPA Seals Church, Others Over Noise, Air Pollution

  The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has intensified its enforcement against environmental infractions, sealing several establishments in the...

Sanwo-Olu Commissions Ultra-Modern Kesington Adebutu Research Centre at UNILAG College of Medicine

    Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday commissioned the ultra-modern Kesington Adebukunola Adebutu Research Centre at the College of Medicine, University of...

Let’s have mandatory drug tests for students -NANS President

  Comrade Olushola Oladoja, NANS President     The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged tertiary institutions across the country to...

677 drug traffickers jailed, 3,359 arrested, 65,915.891kg seized- NDLEA

NDLEA intercepts U.S., UK, DRC-bound illicit drug consignments at Lagos airport

  Brig.Buba Marwa,NDLEA boss   The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted consignments of illicit drugs heading to the U.S., the United...

Kidney Dialysis: JUTH records surge in patients

  Prof Pate, Health Minister The Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), says it is having an influx of patients requiring kidney dialysis, since its...

Edun, Finance Minister ill, may be flown out for treatment

  Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun     There are unconfirmed reports that indisposed Minister of Finance and...

70% of people with mental health challenge lack treatment- Expert

    A neuropsychiatric expert, Dr Sunday Sajo, says that over 70 per cent of people with mental health challenges in Nigeria have no access to medical...

Brazilian baby born with contraceptive used to prevent pregnancy in his hand

  By Omolara Akintoye   Social media has been buzzing after photos of a newborn baby in Brazil holding a contraceptive coil went viral. The baby boy, named...

Bad Handwritting:Court orders doctors to write well

  An illegible prescription by an Indian doctor in Madhya Pradesh state last year went viral     At a time when most people use keyboards to write, does...

Kano Drug Raid: NDLEA, Police arrest 57

  The Kano State Strategic Command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in collaboration with the Nigeria Police has arrested 57 suspects for...