A fresh warning by the National Population Commission that the prolonged closure of schools occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic may lead to more girls dropping out of school, getting married and having children should be a major source of concern…
A health crisis is hanging over Nigeria owing in part to the incessant emigration of medical doctors to advanced countries. The recent attempt by 58 Nigerian doctors to migrate to the United Kingdom, which was foiled by the Nigeria Immigration…
Cases of child abandonment are becoming rampant in Nigeria. The traditional and social media have reported many of such cases that it is gradually becoming a ‘normal’ occurrence, even as incidents of child abandonment cut across the country. There are…
The media has been inundated recently with reports of patients being denied treatment because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. There have been reports also of patients with other health conditions dying avoidable deaths because they were denied treatment by health…
The death of both former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi and a senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District at the Upper Legislative Chamber of the National Assembly, Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo in past weeks has added to the growing number…
A Physician at the National Hospital, Abuja, Dr Harazumi Bello, has urged Nigerians to adopt a healthy lifestyle and a good diet to avoid diabetes and its complications. Bello, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of…
With the loss of three new lives, the death toll from a disease suspected to be yellow fever has climbed to 20 at Okpeilo-Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. The state Ministry of Health through its Permanent…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has continued to appear in meetings without wearing face masks. The most recent of such appearances was during the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, where everyone except Mr. President wore face…
A $60 double-dose experimental COVID-19 vaccine is being made available to some residents in an eastern Chinese city, health officials have said, the first details of a mass rollout for an as-yet unproven vaccine. Officials in Jiaxing city said on…