Category: Health

Lassa fever deaths rise to 214 as fatality rate reaches 25.0 % – NCDC

    Lassa fever has claimed 214 lives in Nigeria, with the Case Fatality Rate climbing to 25.0 per cent, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention...

Awujale: Kingmakers sent names of five nominees to Abiodun for approval

Awujale: Kingmakers sent names of five nominees to Abiodun for approval   Five princes have been nominated to fill the vacant throne of the Awujale of Ijebuland and...

NDLEA auctions drug barons’ assets for N6.1bn

    One of the properties auctioned by the NDLEA     Properties       The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has auctioned...

WEAAD 2026: ‘Only A Systemic Change Can Curb Elder Abuse And Restore Dignity To Aging Population’ 

      Centre For Senior Citizens (CSC) has called on the global community made up of governments at all levels, citizens, particularly young adults and...

Harvard Dinner: NASENI Reaffirms Commitment to Healthcare Innovation

    L-R: CEO/Co-Founder, NASENI-Troment Biotechnologies Limited, Dr. Selim Hani; Team Lead, Science of Defeating Malaria initiative, Professor Dyann F. Wirth;...

Rabe,Abducted General dies in bandits’ custody

Rabe,Abducted General dies in bandits’ custody             Late Major General Abubakar Rabe            ...

Diabetes cases rising in Nigeria,Expert warns

      Prof Pate Health Minister     Diabetes is increasing across Nigeria, with the South-South region, including Edo, recording one of the...

Cocaine trafficking: 11 Indians, ship convicted, fined $6m for trafficking 31.5kg

Cocaine trafficking: 11 Indians, ship convicted, fined $6m for trafficking 31.5kg   Barely six months after their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law...

Group invests $1.9m to fast-track Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine development

Group invests $1.9m to fast-track Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine development     Vaccine   The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has...

JOHESU warns of possible strike over unresolved salary adjustment

      Prof Ali Pate, Health  Minister   The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), has warned of a possible fresh industrial action over the Federal...