Health
Monkeypox: Avoid bush meat – FG tells Nigerians
The federal ministry of agriculture and rural development has warned Nigerians against consuming bush meat including rodents and others, following...
Monkeypox didn’t originate from our lab in Nigeria – U.S. govt
The government of United States has raised concerns over what it called recent misleading posts on social media wrongly speculating...
Smoking kills 29,000 Nigerians annually – Research associate
Austin Iraoya, a research associate at the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa, has said smoking kills...
Lupus: Kemi Afolabi thanks Akindele, Abraham, others for fundraiser
Kemi Afolabi, a Nollyellow actress battling lupus, a life-threatening illness, has thanked her colleagues, Funke Akindele, Toyin Abraham, among others...
Spanish govt donates 4.4 million Covid-19 vaccines to Nigeria
The government of Spain has donated 4.4 million Johnson & Johnson vaccines to Nigeria, in line with its unconditional defence...
WHO holds emergency meeting as Monkeypox cases rise
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called a meeting to discuss rising cases of Monkeypox. This is as the tropical...
Mass exodus of Nigerian doctors, 727 migrate to UK in five months
As much 727 medical doctors trained in Nigeria relocated to the United Kingdom in the last five months, between December...
One in seven children born with HIV globally is a Nigerian – UNAIDS
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), has disclosed that Nigeria accounts one in every seven children born with HIV...
PSN says 72% of Nigerians suffering from hypertension
Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), has said up to 72 percent of Nigerians have hypertension. Ifeanyi Ikebudu, chairman of the...
‘Suya can give you cancer’ – Nigerian doctor warns
Nigerian medical doctor, Chinonso Egemba, known popularly as Aproko Doctor, has warned that Suya, a popular traditional smoked and spiced...