76 people have tested positive for Lassa fever in Edo State following a test carried out on 175 suspected cases in the state. Edo State commissioner of health, Dr. Patrick Okundia gave out the figure on Friday, January 24, during a Lassa fever committee meeting headed by the State’s Deputy Governor Mr. Philip Shaibu and…
Nollywood actor, Mike Ezuruonye has expressed happiness after he successfully spent eight hours in undergoing eye surgery. The actor, who took to his Instagram to make the announcement, said revealed that he had a growth encroaching the pupil of both eyes due to harsh movie production lights, adding that a doctor advised him to undergo…
A medical expert, Dr Babatunde Adewumi of the General Hospital, Omu Aran, has advised Nigerians to run multiple genotype tests to avoid wrong genotype combination in their marriage. Adewumi, who spoke with newsmen in Ilorin on Friday, said that people should be more committed in tackling the sickle cell scourge. According to him, wrong test…
The Nigerian Medical Association has expressed concern over the deplorable state of health care services in the country. The organisation said that despite their importance in the country, 40 per cent of medical doctors in Nigeria were still jobless. It, therefore, called on the Federal Government to employ capable medical personnel to reduce mortality rate….
Residents of some communities in the local government area raised the alarm over the arrest of their members by the joint task force of the security agents, including soldiers and policemen from the Inspector-General of Police Special Squad and the state command who were deployed in the forest reserves in the LGA. The residents alleged…
The Senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has disclosed that he can no longer travel to his home town of Oka-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State for fear of being kidnapped. Boroffice, who is the Deputy Majority Leader at the upper chamber of…
The incident happened around Butcher Line, Jos North Local Government Area, on Monday. Many people were reportedly killed in the accident that occurred around 5 p.m. There has been no official confirmation of the casualty figure. The building houses a pharmacy and a public toilet and many people are feared trapped in the debris. Some…
Pandemonium broke out in Adao community in Alabata area of Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State after two suspected herdsmen allegedly stabbed a 49-year-old farmer, identified as Rafiu Showemimo, to death. Our correspondent gathered that the heinous act was perpetrated on Sunday when the deceased was on his way back home from his farm…
Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial district of Ondo State, sympathized with Pa Reuben Fasoranti over the loss of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin, to suspected herdsmen who attacked her vehicle and other travellers on Lagos -Ore express way. Tofowomo described the loss as an irreparable loss, he urged the police to…
Yinka Odumakin, spokesperson for Afenifere says the killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin is a declaration of war on Yoruba people. Odumakin said herdsmen attacked and killed Mrs Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere on the Benin-Ore road. Odumakin said: “When they started with the kidnapping process, they started…