Health

By Agbafo Ijeoma Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, has urged Nigerians to adopt healthy lifestyle habits and prioritise regular medical check-ups to reduce the risk of heart-related diseases. Soludo, who is also the founder of the Healthy Living

By Agbafo Ijeoma The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed more than 170 ambulances across Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen emergency response and rescue operations following road traffic crashes. The Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Osondu Ohaeri, disclosed this

The Federal Government of Nigeria has issued a stern warning regarding the escalating pollution pressures facing the country’s rivers and major waterways, citing rapid population growth, uncoordinated urbanisation, untreated wastewater disposal, and destructive human activities as primary drivers. ​The Minister of Water

Residents of Ebonyi State have been called upon to take full advantage of the state government’s ongoing free family planning services, aimed at drastically reducing maternal mortality, unsafe abortions, and unintended pregnancies. ​The appeal was made during an Integrated Family Planning Community

A United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Dr Muideen Onimago, has organised a free medical outreach for over 50 residents of Ilorin Emirate in Kwara. The outreach, held in Ilorin on Sunday, provided free medical check-up, laboratory tests, eye-care services and distribution of drugs and

Some Lagos consumers and traders are increasingly relying on taste, colour and aroma to detect suspected adulteration of palm oil. They shared their experiences in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. For some consumers, identifying

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 733 pharmacies, patent medicine stores and illegal outlets in Delta. The PCN Head of Department, Enforcement, Mr Suleiman Chiroma, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Asaba on Thursday. Chiroma said the sealing of the

Health leaders, development partners and diagnostics experts have called for country-led adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other technologies to accelerate malaria elimination and maximise available health resources. The call was made during a high-level event, “Smarter Investment, Greater Impact: Harnessing AI

The Guttmacher Institute says every additional one dollar invested in family planning and contraceptive care can save 1.97 dollars in pregnancy-related and newborn care costs. The institute disclosed this in its “Adding It Up 2024” report made available to the News Agency

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 a Toumai console at RHV on a patient at Nisa Premier Hospital,