The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Friday apologised to Lagos residents over the hardship arising from the ongoing strike by doctors in the employ of the state. Addressing some Lagos residents who stormed his office in protest against t...
A Don, Prof. Peter Nwangwu, says those who import substandard drugs into Nigeria are wicked, inhuman and desperate to acquire wealth at all cost. Nwanwgu,who lectures at the University of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that...
Although it occurred on April 4, 2011, the news of gas eruption in Egi Clan in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area of Rivers State filtered into town on April 12, 2012, more than one week after the ugly incident. The gas eruption, which affected fo...
The Chairman, Lagos State Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) to the Lagos State Governor, Dr Ore Falomo, has condemned Lagos state doctors for declaring an indefinite strike in spite of ongoing negotiations with the state governme...
People are dying daily from road traffic accidents, yet it’s not getting enough attention from the authorities. Dr Christopher Uyinmwen Otabor is an orthopaedic surgeon and the Special Assistant to the Senior Adviser to the President on Millenniu...
The indefinite strike embarked upon Lagos doctors, under the auspices of Medical Guild, took a toll on healthcare system in the state, yesterday, as several cases of deaths were allegedly recorded. Patients were left unattended to at Lagos University T...
More than a decade after its former plan stalled, Nigeria has again, begun new plans to develop a vaccine against HIV/AIDS. The Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Prof John Idoko, said that though preventive vaccine...
The Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, has called for re-evaluation and implementation of the malaria policy in order to eliminate malaria in the country. Speaking during a press briefing to commemorate the World Malaria Day celebration yesterd...
Doctors in public hospitals in Lagos State on Tuesday began an indefinite strike after suspending a three day warning strike on April 13 over improved working conditions, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Announcing the resumption of the ...
Nigeria and Cuba are partnering on a new malaria control measure that would rid the nation of mosquitoes at the larva stage, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The project is under the auspices of the Cuba-ECOWAS partnership on malaria control. ...
The communities affected by the Shell Bonga spill of 2011 have yet to be compensated, says Mr Mofe Pirah, Delta Commissioner for Oil and Gas. ``Currently, nobody has been compensated; the compensation will come after the historical analysis of th...
Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Saturday in Lagos appealed to doctors and health workers in the country to make strike the last option in pressing for their demands. Chukwu, who was in Lagos to pay a condolence visit to the family of the la...
In continuation of his visit to districts under his emirate, the Emir of Argungu Alhaji Sama’ila Muhammad Mera has called for more support in the fight against polio and other child killers diseases. The Emir, who made the call while addressing t...
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Control, Dr. Paul Orhii, has described Sachet water business otherwise known as pure water as a huge business that generates more than N7bn daily for Nigeria. Orhii, who disclos...
An ophthalmologist, Dr Francisca Ekwuribe, has said that smoking is a major risk for the development of cataract. ``Smoking destroys the antioxidants that help to maintain the transparency of the eye lens,’’ Ekwuribe told the News Agency of...