A 40-year-old man, Tari Ogede, who has been posing as a medical practitioner in Angiama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area to perform surgical operations on patients has been apprehended by men of the Bayelsa State Police Command. The Permanent Secretary, Bayelsa Ministry of Health, Dr. Oluwatoyin Azebi, who made this known in Yenaoga shortly after…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 12 new cases of Lassa fever in one week. The cases were recorded between December 26, 2022 to January 1, 2023 in three states. The states with the new confirmed Lassa fever cases are: Edo (9), Ebonyi (two) and Benue (one) as of January…
Nigerians have been warned about the dangers of engaging in ‘marathon’ s3x. The experts say the act could lead to permanent impotence. A s3xual marathon is usually a prolonged s3xual activity over hours and even days. The experts noted that marathon s3x complicated by p3nile fracture and persistent er3ction also known as priapism that is…
Medical doctors at the Ondo State Mother and Child Hospital, Trauma Centre, Ondo town, are battling to save the life of a nine-month pregnant woman, operated upon by a quack doctor, Rabiu Olalekan, at a private hospital in Orita Ojo, in Odigbo council area of the state. The 31-year-old suspect, who was paraded by the…
Nigerians have been warned of counterfeit Covid-19 Antigen rapid test kits currently in circulation. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) raised the alarm in a NAFDAC public alert released to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. According to the agency, the counterfeit BTNX Incorporated COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits were communicated…
As many as 20 persons have been feared dead in Cross River State. The victims reportedly died following an outbreak of cholera disease in Ekureku community in the Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State. Ekureku, made up 12 villages, shares boundary with some parts of Ebonyi State and is an agrarian community. Investigations…
A Nigerian UK based Dr. Idee Charles has shared her story of undergoing 3 Caesarean Sections to give birth to her children. The hard-hitting Dr. Idee Charles who is also an advocate of good healthy living and owns a YouTube page known as the Health Gospel https://m.youtube.com/@TheHealthGospel wrote on her Facebook page: “To all fathers!!…
The Network of Persons Living With HIV/AIDs (NPLWH) has staged a protest in Edo. The NPLWH stage a peaceful protest over what it described as inadequate care in Edo hospitals. Addressing journalists at the Secretariat of the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, former State Coordinator, NPLWH, Elder Francis Osayande, said they…
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has said that the country is not broke and can meet its debt obligation in the short, medium and long terms. Briefing the nation on her ministry’s scorecard in the past seven years on Thursday, December 1, in Abuja, Ahmed said; “Nigeria isn’t broke….
Nigerian medical experts have raised an alarm about the shortage of medical personnel. They raised the alarm that the ratio of doctors available in the country is now one to 6,400 patients, as a result of brain drain. They include the Chief Medical Director, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo State, Dr Oluwole Ige…