[ad_1] Four members of a family were Friday confirmed dead as a result of the high voltage supply of electricity in Kofar Gayan Low Cost, Zaria. Confirming the incident to our correspondent in Zaria, Mohammed Umar, the head of the Fire Service unit in Kofar Doka, Zaria said the fire outbreak occurred in the early…
[ad_1] Ikenna Obianeri 39-year-old Celestine Uzodike, the husband of a woman who was delivered of septuplets, of which six survived in Anambra State, narrates to IKENNA OBIANERI, the circumstances surrounding the delivery and other issues at hand Can you introduce yourself? I am Celestine Uzodike, and I am from Omogho in the Orumba Local Government Area…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo Doctors under the Medical Guild have called on the Lagos State government to come up with an anti-quackery law to check the activities of quacks in the medical profession and to protect the lives of patients. Medical Guild is an association of all Lagos State Government employed medical and dental practitioners. The…
[ad_1] The World Health Organisation has issued an alert warning against the use of two Indian cough syrups blamed for the deaths of at least 20 children in Uzbekistan. WHO said the products, manufactured by India’s Marion Biotech, were “substandard” and that the firm had failed to provide guarantees about their “safety and quality”. The…
[ad_1] Tony Ademiluyi Mental health experts have cautioned Nigerians against exposing infants to marijuana, noting that the substance can cause serious health problems including kidney and liver damage in children. The psychiatrists stressed that marijuana and other recreational drugs should be kept away from babies as they could cause more serious damage to infants. The…
[ad_1] The Ohinoyi of Ebirraland, (HRM) Dr Ado Ibrahim, has said the allegations made against him during the recent state visit of President Muhammadu Buhari by the Kogi State Government are unfortunate and unfounded. The monarch said this in his response dated 6th January to a query given to him by the Kogi State Government…
[ad_1] The Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abia State chapter, Dr Isaiah Abali, has disclosed that the Abia State Government is owing doctors in the state 24 months’ salary arrears. He disclosed this on Thursday morning while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. Abali, who disclosed that doctors in the state were hungry,…
[ad_1] A lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Mrs. Ngozi Uzodike, has been delivered of septuplets – two boys and five girls. Ngozi, who works at the Department of Business Administration, was delivered of the babies at Obijackson Women and Children Hospital, Okija, Anambra, on Sunday. Although, one of the girls did…
[ad_1] Adeyinka Adedipe Edo State has recorded three more confirmed cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confirmed cases on admission to 26. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, disclosed this on Wednesday. Akoria decried the rising cases of Lassa fever in the state and charged residents to take preventive measures…
[ad_1] The President, Nigerian Association of Nephrology, Dr. Adanze Asinobi, has expressed worry over the increasing number of Nigerians suffering from chronic kidney disease. Asinobi, spoke at the association’s Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting on Wednesday in Kano. She said the conference with the theme, “Current Concepts in Acute Kidney Injury Prevention and Management”…
