The outbreak of dengue fever in Sokoto State has been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. The NCDC in a statement posted on its website on Saturday, said the outbreak was detected in November 2023. The statement signed by the NCDC Director General, Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed that so far, 71 suspected…
Four healthcare workers have been jailed after they were caught on camera physically and emotionally abusing an elderly patient, reports The BBC on Thursday. While Ame Tunkara and Morountaro Adefila were found guilty of ill-treatment and wilful neglect and sentenced on December 8 to four months in prison, Danny Ohen and Bridget Aideyan were also…
Nigerian singer, Teniola Apata aka Teni has denied undergoing surgery to reduce her weight. According to her, she only went through a “strict diet” to achieve her new body figure. Teni spoke in the latest episode of the Zero Conditions podcast. She said, “I went through a lot. I went through a lot of…
Charles Oputa, the veteran Nigerian singer, who is popularly known as Charly Boy, has disclosed that he doesn’t drink alcohol. He said he has also been trying to quit smoking but often found himself struggling with the addiction. Speaking in a recent interview with actress Iyabo Ojo, the maverick singer admitted that he takes a…
A team of surgeons in New York announced Thursday they had performed the world’s first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure widely hailed as a medical breakthrough, although it isn’t yet known whether the recipient will regain his sight. The groundbreaking surgery involved removing part of the face and the whole left…
GIOTV reports that as many as 40 intending couples tested positive to Hepatitis B, HIV, sickle cell and pregnancy in the proposed mass wedding initiated by the Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. Spokesman of Hisbah Board, Lawan Fagge, said this in a statement issued to newsmen. He said about 5,000 intending couples were screened…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed plans to send a team of scientists to China to probe how the virus spread to humans and plunged the world into crisis. An initial investigation by the UN health agency in 2021, which saw a group of scientists travel to Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak,…
The United Kingdom Health Security Agency, UKHSA, on Friday detected the first case of COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 in the country. UKHSA in a statement on its website, UKHSA disclosed that the new COVID-19 variant was detected in an individual with no recent travel history. Dr Meera Chand, the Deputy Director of UKHSA said “We…
Doctors in Benue State will on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, commence a three-day warning strike in solidarity with one of their colleagues, Dr Asema Msuega, who was kidnapped on Sunday, 23rd July 2023. He was abducted on his way to supervise a state malaria initiative at a Primary Health Centre in Ukum Local Government…
The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, has made a new revelation about babies and breastfeeding. The UNICEF said infants who are not breastfed are fourteen times more likely to die before their first birthday than those who are exclusively breastfed. It explained that breast milk remains the first vaccine for every child and advocated…