Category: Health

Polaris Bank begins phase IV of its breast cancer screening exercise for staff and customers

…Restates commitment to stemming the scourge  Polaris Bank has announced that it has commenced breast cancer screening for its staff and customers meant to reduce...

Like UK, Nigerian doctors demand salary review before May 29

As doctors working in England’s public health service, yesterday, began what has been described as the most disruptive strike in UK’s history over pay and working...

FrieslandCampina apologizes to CAN over utilising a metaphor of Jesus to market product

  The manufacturer of Peak Milk, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, has apologized to the Christian Association of Nigeria for utilizing a metaphor of Jesus...

Uzodimma: Easter offers us opportunity to rethink essence of our humanity

Uzodimma facilitates successful open-heart surgery for two Imo minors

Two minors from Imo State – Chibuzor Jason Ezelaka ( six months old) and Ifeanyichukwu Victor Okoroafor (12 years old), now have the opportunity to live normally...

How runaway Nigerian nurse was captured and deported to U.S.

  …For trial over fraud A convicted Nigerian fugitive, Florence Enwerim Onyegbu, was on Thursday, extradited to the United States of America, where she is...

State house clinic now medical centre

State house clinic now medical centre President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-designation of the State House Clinic back to medical centre Permanent Secretary,...

World Down Syndrome Day: Foundation decries inadequate education, healthcare resources for children with special needs 

  As the world marks the 2023 World Down Syndrome Day tomorrow, March 21, 2023, the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the National...

UNICEF begins medical outreach for flood victims in Anambra

  THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday began a five-day free medical outreach for women and children in seven local government areas ravaged by...

COVID-19: China opens border after three years

  China on Tuesday announced the full reopening of its borders after three years of strict anti-Coronavirus measures. The Foreign Ministry which made the...

Medical doctor in police net for alleged organ harvesting

  Police Command in Kwara State has paraded a 36-year-old medical doctor, Abass Adeyemi, over an alleged killing of four persons in the state. The State Police...