Category: Health

Osun-Osogbo festival: Devotees defy warning, drink from Osun River

      Devotees of the Osun deity were on Friday spotted drinking from the Osun River despite warnings from the Osun State Government that the water had...

Strike: FG, resident doctors hold talks over demands

            The Federal Government has commenced discussions with the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, over the demands of...

What you should do when you have breast cancer

          A Consultant Neurosurgeon with Brain and Spine Surgery Consortium (BASS) in Abuja, Dr Biodun Ogungbo, says early detection of breast...

Why nobody died of COVID-9 in my village – Adeboye

                  THE General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, yesterday,...

Five things you should know about monkeypox

            Recently, Nigeria recorded cases of monkeypox outbreak, which has also taken lives of few carriers. Monkeypox is a rare viral...

Controversy over health insurance contributions

              The Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria (HMCAN) claimed every worker will part with 15 per cent of his/her...

UNIOSUN inducts 40 nursing graduates

          Osun State University, Osogbo, has inducted 40 nurses that graduated from its Department of Nursing Science with a charge to develop,...

Don’t leave Nigeria, Uniosun VC begs new nurses

              Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, Uniosun, Professor Clement Adebooye has begged newly inducted nurses of the...

Attack on colleague: UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital doctors call-off strike

          The UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital management has condemned the recent attack on members of staff of the hospital while on their duty posts...

Why children under five should consume four eggs weekly – Physician

          Consultant Public Health Physician at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Modupe Akinyinka, says proteins like fish,...

Residents doctors in UNIOSUN begin warning strike over insecurity

          Members of the Association of Resident Doctors, Osun State University chapter, on Friday, convened an emergency general meeting, to...

Edo confirms eight monkeypox cases

            Edo Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akoria Obehi, has stated eight persons had so far tested positive for monkeypox in the...

Surgery: Osinbajo discharged from hospital

          Vice President has been discharged from the hospital following a successful surgical operation and rehabilitation, Dr Nicholas...

Man nabbed for issuing fake COVID-19 vaccination cards

        Security personnel in Abuja have arrested an ad hoc staff of a COVID-19 Vaccination Centre for issuing fake vaccination cards to some...

COVID-19: Nigeria fears fifth wave, records 1,332 cases in one week

        The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has again warned of a possible fifth wave of the Covid-19 virus in the country, given the resurgence...

Women groups ask Sanwo-Olu to lift suspension on pregnancy termination guidelines

        Women civil societies and youths with disabilities have petitioned Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to  immediately lift  the suspension placed...

Ekiti records 74 new Covid-19 cases

        Ekiti State Government has disclosed it has recorded seventy four new cases of COVID-19 in the state.A statement in Ado Ekiti yesterday by...

Russian Government Clears Air On Putin’s Health Condition

      The Russian government has dispelled rumours about the wellbeing of its President, Vladimir Putin. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, on Thursday,...

Quick recovery my good friend’ – Tinubu reacts as Osinbajo undergoes surgery

          The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has reacted to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo’s successful...

Why I had surgery in Nigeria — VP Osinbajo

      Although his doctors advised him to consider doing the surgical operation to correct a fracture on his right femur (thigh bone) abroad, the Vice...