Must read: SUDDEN DEATH: Why hearts pack up

Henry Umahi Last Thursday, the Transition Committee Chairman of Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State, Mr Onyekachi Okoro, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), slumped at a private residence in Umuahia, the capital of the state, and died. It was

Nigerians in China not infected with coronavirus – Chinese envoy

Fear over the state of Nigerians in China amid the spread of coronavirus has been allayed as the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, has clarified that no Nigerian citizen residing in Wuhan city has contracted the Coronavirus. The envoy who confirmed this

Adult Corner: Sex, health benefits, dangers

By PETERS Onyinyechi Though a controversial topic among religious devotees, sex has continued to remain at the epicenter of human discourse through the years. Sex constitutes the eternal energy from which issue of all the forms and differentiations which we see manifested in

Imo in fear over burial of Lassa Fever victims

While scores have been reported to have been killed by the dreaded viral infection of Lassa fever, there palpable in communities across Imo State attributed to the information that victims of Lassa Fever have been brought and buried in the state without supervision

2m Nigerian children at risk of dying from pneumonia — Report

Boosting efforts to fight pneumonia could avert over two million child deaths from pneumonia and other major diseases in Nigeria, new analysis has found. The modelling by Johns Hopkins University is being released today as nine leading health and children’s agencies host the

CBN pledges to close $2.5bn tomato supply gap

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele on Monday assured tomato farmers and processors that they would be sufficiently financed under the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). According to him, this is tohelp meet local demand and bridge an annual shortfall

Lassa fever ravaging Nigeria: Death toll rises to 38 in 11 states

Since the announcement of outbreak of lassa fever, it has continued to wreak havoc ceaselessly. Though health sector has been up and doing managing the epidemic so as to reduce the number of casualties from the deadly disease. Since the confirmation of the

Wuhan Coronavirus epidemics: Two Cases confirmed in the U.S

A second case of the deadly new strain of coronavirus sweeping China has been confirmed in the U.S., health officials said on Friday. A person who returned to the U.S. state of Illinois from Wuhan in central China, where the outbreak originated, is

NewsTrack Special: Sugar, Diabetes, prevention and Management

Sugar is very common in our lives, and almost everyone believes that it is an attractive sweet – one of many carbohydrates in the diet of civilised countries. But sugar is really quite an extraordinary substance. It is unique in the plant that

Hope rises for Bayelsa Siamese twins

The Siamese twins born in Bayelsa State need help to lead normal lives. As MIKE ODIEGWU reports, the Federal Medical Centre, Yola will separate them. Raphael Ayebaenaemi, who hails from Nembe, Nembe Local Government Area, had a sweet painful experience on December 12