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Yobe State has won a 500,000 dollars prize for being the North-East’s best-performing state in effective Primary Health Care (PHC) service delivery. This is contained in a statement by Alhaji Hussaini Mai-Sule, Press Secretary to Deputy Gov. Alhaji Idi Gubana, in

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a warning to Nigerians against the use of Deekins Amoxycillin 500mg capsules. This follows reports of serious adverse reactions experienced by patients across the country. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General

By Chido Nwakanma If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse trap than his neighbours, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his

A Sierra Leonean medical scientist and Chief Strategist of Project 1808, Dr Alhaji U. N’jai, has raised concerns about the escalating threat of Lassa fever. Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease fueled by interactions between humans and rodents, as well

A Consultant Dermatologist, Dr Folakemi Cole-Adeife has warned women and all make-up artists that the use of unsterilised makeup brushes can cause skin infection, monkeypox, hepatitis or even HIV infection. Cole-Adeife who works at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja,

A survey conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a French NGO, has shown extreme levels of malnutrition among children in Katsina and some States in the Northwest. Disclosing the result of the survey in a statement yesterday (Saturday, December 7), in Abuja, the FCT,

The Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, on Saturday, inaugurated a medical centre built by Dr Nkata Chuku at Veritas University, Abuja, to enhance training and health care of the community. Speaking at the inauguration at Bwari Area Council, Federal

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has dismissed reports of the presence of the COVID-19 variant known as XEC in Nigeria, urging citizens to disregard misinformation circulating on social media. The ministry said this in a statement signed by

The Cross River State government and the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) have joined forces to tame the spread of Mpox in the State. The development is coming on the heels of the training of over 200 community-based volunteers from across seven Local

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned that in spite of progress against HIV, the world was off track to meet its target of fewer than 370,000 new HIV cases by 2025. UNFPA Executive Director, Dr Natalia Kanem, said this