Health
NAFDAC: Sniper kills, don’t use it to preserve food
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has banned the usage of dichlorvos in food preservation....
COVID-19 eliminated progress in global level of life expectancy — WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the COVID-19 pandemic reversed the trend of steady gain in life expectancy at birth...
BOMBSHELL: UK knowingly infected thousands with HIV, hepatitis – Report
More than 30,000 people were infected with viruses such as HIV and hepatitis after being given contaminated blood in the...
Kano agency shuts down, delists private hospital
The Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) has announced the delisting and sealing off of Pallace Clinic situated...
EXTRA: U.S. man who received first-ever modified pig kidney transplant dies
The world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died, almost two months after the operation. In March, Massachusetts...
Sokoto immunizes 118,000 new babies
A total of 118,000 were newly enrolled in routine immunization in Sokoto state. This was disclosed by the Operation Coordinator...
Measles kills 42 in Adamawa
Forty-two people have died due to outbreak of measles in Adamawa State. The state Commissioner of Health and Human Services,...
NBS says cost of healthy diet N982 in March
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated that the National Average Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) per adult...
Measles complications kill 19 children in Adamawa
Complication from measles is suspected to have killed at least 19 children in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa....
REVEALED: 72,000 registered doctors not fit to practice in Nigeria — MDCN
The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) says only 58,000 doctors renewed their annual practice licence out of the...