Category: Lifestyle
Crazy school days at Great Ife
My studies at Great Ife under Prof Wole Soyinka got off on a beery note. I was with my classmates in Soyinka’s house for practical lessons on television...
How I control my blood sugar with diet, medication –87-year-old man who has lived with diabetes for almost 50 years
Diabetes, according to the World Health Organisation, is a chronic, metabolic disease characterised by elevated levels of blood sugar which leads over time...
COVID-19: FG sets 2022 deadline to end pandemic, laments high case fatality
The Federal Government has set 2022 as the target year to end the COVID-19 pandemic, announcing plans to convene a national summit next month in order to...
Anambra declares Tuesday public holiday to honour Nnamdi Azikiwe
The Anambra State Government has declared Tuesday, November 16, 2021, a public holiday in the state to honour the pioneer President of the country, the...
At 55, I married as a virgin – Osun newly-wed woman
A 55-year-old spinster, Esther Bamiloye, who recently got married to a 62-year-old bachelor, Isaac Bakare, in Osun State, tells BOLA BAMIGBOLA she’s...
Medical council indicts three doctors for Lagos chef’s death
The Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Nigeria has indicted three doctors of the Premier Specialists’ Medical Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos...
FG begins administration of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday
The Federal Government has said it will begin the administration of the over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine donated by the United States of America on...
Our doctors have gone mad again
The last time resident doctors went mad against the Federal Government it took several weeks before a truce was reached. By then, many had died of lack of...
Minister, doctors disagree on strike resolution
The Federal Government and the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have disagreed on steps being taken to urgently end the indefinite strike...
FG yet to pay Covid-19 allowance – Resident Doctors
The Nation-wide strike by the Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, in Imo State, was complied with by the members. The State President of, ARD, of...
Residents doctors to begin indefinite strike from Monday [See Reasons]
Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has declared indefinite strike action beginning from Monday, August 2, 2021. The National President...
FCT on alert as Cholera kills seven, 91 infected
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has placed residents of the territory on high alert following a reported outbreak of the severe...
BREAKING: 105 Medical Doctors resign in Ondo
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has expressed concern over the resignation of 105 doctors in the service of Ondo in the last year. Its State...
Kidney Disease Kills: Avoid Too Much Intake Of These 3 Things
In every vertebrate animal, I mean both human being and animal, they are two pairs likely organ called kidneys. The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs,...
Resident doctors extend strike ultimatum by two weeks for FG
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has extended its strike ultimatum by two weeks to let the Federal and State governments to address the...
Why people usually insist on collecting placenta after childbirth – Physicians
Medical experts say there is no scientific basis for the collection of placenta, revealing that many doctors have been harassed by family members of women who...
10 benefits of getting COVID-19 vaccine
There have been several conspiracy theories surrounding taking the COVID-19 vaccines even before they were discovered. Most of those conspiracy theories were...
In the name of social distancing, doctors no longer examine us during antenatal visits, pregnant women allege
Some pregnant women allege that they no longer get proper care during antenatal visits. They say that health workers are afraid to touch or come close to them for...
First Nigerian to receive COVID-19 vaccine shares experience
Nationnewslead reports that A medical doctor, Dr. Cyprian Ngong, of the National Hospital, Abuja, is the first person to receive a jab of the AstraZeneca/Oxford...
Uniosun Teaching Hospital Osogbo Appreciates Philanthropists
Nationnewslead reports that The Chief Medical Director, UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Professor Peter Olaitan has called on well-to-do individuals in the...
