At least 10 persons have died and 400 hospitalised after drinking expired citric acid powdered drinks in Kano state. Among those hospitalised are 50 patients undergoing kidney- related treatment, because of complications arising from consumption of the killer drinks, Kano Commissioner for Health,
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja from the United Kingdom (UK) 16 days after he left for a medical check-up. The President left Nigeria on Tuesday, March 30 briefly after a security meeting with defense and intelligence chiefs, as well as other
With 964,387 vaccinations carried out as of 6th of April, Nigeria, which received 3.92 million vaccine doses, has carried out more vaccinations than any other country in Africa except Morocco. However, the country has only administered the first shot, no one has been
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, Wednesday disclosed that the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in Benue state has dropped from 12.9 to 4.7 per cent. The Zonal Coordinator, North Central Zone of the agency, Mr Lawrence Kwaghga made this known
Less than a week after Europe’s drugs regulators admitted that there is an extremely rare chance of fatal blood clots occurring in persons who receive the AstraZeneca COVD-19 vaccine, US health agencies have suspended the use of the Johnson & Johnson, J&J, single-dose
The return date of President Muhammadu Buhari from his medical check-up trip to the United Kingdom (UK) remains unknown as at Wednesday. When State House Correspondents on Wednesday asked the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to put a date to the
By Samuel Oamen Kidney failure occurs when your kidneys stop working and can no longer do their job. Your kidneys filter waste and extra fluid out of your blood so they can be removed from your body through urine. If you think you
Towards safety and accountability in the deployment and administration of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, has partnered with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. Disclosing this in Abuja on Monday, the Executive
Following demands by Nigerians, the Federal Government may extend the ongoing vaccination against Coronavirus by two weeks. The first phase of the vaccination is expected to end today by the Federal Government’s timeline. At least 1.2 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines have been
From EVEREST EZIHE, reporting from Benin Against the background belief in certain quarters that power lifting sporting activities causes impotence, Mr Monday Emoghavwe (MON) says rather the sports enhances sexual productivity more than any drug or therapy in the world. Emoghavwe who’s a