Category: Health
Stroke is rising to alarming proportion in Nigeria, warns Neurologists
Prof. Kolawole Wahab, the Head of Stroke Unit of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), has warned that the high burden of stroke in Nigeria was...
NNPC Ltd Launches Free Cancer Screening Campaign, Targets 3,000 Nigerians
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd) through NNPC Foundation, its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm, is set to...
Family play effective roles in controlling psychoactive substances says ISSUP
By Omolara Akintoye To address the critical shortcoming in the fight against substance abuse, experts have said family involvement in services would...
Bobrisky hospitalised
Bobrisky Detained cross-dresser is ill and has been hospitalised. Bobrisky nit will be recalled was arrested in Monday at the countrys border. According to the...
Fagba:The Return of the Shanties
In spite of the sustained efforts of Lagos Task Force to rid Fagba bordering the rail line and Abbatoir area of Ifako Ijaye,the miscreants are regrouping again....
High Cost of Cooking Gas:Stop export of LPG,Minister directs NNPC,LPG
Caption:Minister of state for Petroleum,Lokpobiri Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas),Ekpeeikpe Ekpo has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd....
Enugu announces outbreak of cholera
The Enugu State Government has announced the outbreak of cholera in the state, urging residents to take precautions to avoid its spread. Prof. Emmanuel Obi, the...
Experts, survivor harp on early detection to enhance cancer treatment
Caption:Pate,health Minister Some medical experts and a cancer survivor, on Sunday emphasised the need for regular screening and early detection of cancer to...
Kpakpando Foundation 19th Anniversary Celebration : Providing Succour for Persons Living with Disabilities
Eye test and surgery from previous edition The Kpakpando Foundation, a non governmental organisation established to create an...
75% of new HIV infections among adolescents in girls-UNICEF
Caption: Celine Lafoucriere,Chief UNICEF Field Office for SW,Nigeria The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 75 per cent of the new HIV infections among...
