A consultant cardiologist has raised alarm over the growing prevalence of hypertension among young adults in…
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Physician flays stalled probe into death of Chimamanda’s son in Lagos hospital
A board-certified internal medicine physician, Dr. Anthea Nwandu, has called for Justice to be served in…
Fresh twist stalls probe into death of Chimamanda’s son in Lagos hospital
A fresh twist has stalled further probe into the death of novelist Chimamanda’s 21-month-old son at…
FG raises Ebola alert, strengthens border control, emergency response systems
The Federal government has intensified border screening, disease surveillance and emergency response measures nationwide as part…
Ondo doctors begin strike over alleged assault on colleague
Doctors employed at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo, and its Akure Annex have commenced a…
WHO’s Ihekweazu warns Nigeria over Ebola threat
The Executive Director of Health Emergencies at the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has…
Proprietor, 3 others jailed for running quack pharmacies
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has sentenced a certain Isidora Ezea and three others to…
Abia doctors threaten indefinite strike over abduction of colleague
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abia branch, has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to security agencies and…
NARD threatens nationwide action over frequent assault on doctors
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on nationwide industrial action over what it…
Ebola threat: NCDC rates Nigeria as only 59% prepared
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Jide Idris, has disclosed…