Category: Health

NDLEA intercepts N1.1bn codeine consignment in Rivers

NDLEA intercepts N1.1bn codeine consignment in Rivers Drugs The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted N1.1billion worth of codeine consignment in...

Retirement not a death sentence-Olowu of Owu

Odili (l) handing a plaque to the Olowu (m) while a chief looks on The Olowu of Owu,Oba( Prof )Saka Matemilola has said that retirement from service should not be...

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

NDLEA arrests 26 suspects for illicit drug trafficking in Edo

Brig. Buba Marwa,NDLEA boss The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo Command, says it has arrested 26 suspected drug traffickers and seized about...

Authorities declare new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Authorities declare new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo Ebola   Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have declared an Ebola outbreak in Kasai...

29 die in boat mishap, two missing, 50 rescued

Burial of corpses of victims A boat mishap has claimed 29 lives in Gausawa community in Malale Ward of Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. Alhaji Abdullahi...

Over a billion people live with mental health conditions – WHO

  ‎ ‎Health ‎The World Health Organisation (WHO) said ‎more than one billion people are living with mental health disorders ‎according to a new data...

Beware Of Fake Postinor-2 Contraceptives in Circulation – NAFDAC cautions

  By Omolara Akintoye   The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert on the circulation of falsified...

Land Grabbing: Lagos Assembly Urges Sanwo-Olu to Sanction Offenders

      In a bid to curb extortion and the fraudulent sale of land to multiple buyers, the Lagos State House of Assembly has called on Governor Babajide...

Medical profession most vigorously moderated in the world

Best Doctor, Ikurhye Nehemiah and Prof Emeritus Ayuba Zoakah. The Deputy Registrar of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Dr. Enejo Abdu on Tuesday in Jos,...

Rivers : Anti Quackery Committee Seal Six Illegal Health Facilities, Arrest Two

  By Omolara Akintoye     The Rivers State Interprofessional Anti-Quackery Committee has sealed six illegal health facilities across the state and...