Eniola Yekini Human rights activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has criticised a video showing former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.) appearing in an…
Category: Health
Industrial action: Resident doctors alert FG on 2-week strike notice
Eniola Yekini The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has given the Federal Government a two-week ultimatum to resolve outstanding welfare and professional issues affecting its members, warning that failure…
West Africa First tele-robotic surgery achieved in Nigeria
The Redeemer’s Health Village (RHV), in collaboration with RoboMed Global and Nisa Premier Hospital, has performed Nigeria’s first tele-robotic surgery. The surgery was performed in real time on Saturday from…
Firm Highlights significance of Supporting Menstrual Hygiene
A Nigerian menstrual health company, Sana Pads Limited said it has intensified efforts to tackle period poverty by producing reusable sanitary pads aimed at improving access for millions of women…
Check what happens to your brain after 50
It starts innocently. A name refuses to come. You walk into a room and forget why you’re there. Your phone is in your hand, yet you spend several minutes…
Conjoined twins separated after 25-hour surgery
Two-year-old conjoined twins from Ethiopia have been successfully separated following a complex 25-hour surgery at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The girls,…
Why some cancers return after treatment
Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have uncovered a cellular mechanism that could deepen understanding of tissue regeneration while offering clues to why some cancers return after treatment. Published…
‘I can Only come back to Nigeria because. …” Chimamanda Adichie narrates ordeal On Son’s Death
Following the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has said she no longer feels the same way about Nigeria. Adichie made this remark in…
NAFDAC takes advocacy on Fight against Fake Drug To Communities
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has inaugurated 600 pharmacists as members of its new Pharmacists Reserve Volunteer Programme (PRVP), creating a national pool of…
NAFDAC alerts Nigerians over local production of fake products
Eniola Yekini The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised concerns over the activities of alleged Chinese counterfeit syndicates operating in Nigeria, saying some…