Tag: Health
Lagos State Confiscates “Ebola Ponmo”
The Lagos State Government has confiscated a truckload of cowhide described as “Ebola Ponmo” at Ijegun, on the outskirts of Lagos.
In a statement on...
Bill Cosby Loses Daughter
Veteran Hollywood actor, Bill Cosby, has lost his daughter, Ensa Cosby, to renal failure at age forty-four in Massachusetts.
In a statement obtained from the...
Segun Arinze Expresses Outrage at Mean Hospital
Veteran Nollywood actor, Segun Arinze, has decried the nonchalant attitude of hospitals when it concerns matters of life and death.
He made this post on...
Grandma Wounds Her Grandchildren for Giving Her HIV
The three female siblings, aged 13, 5 and 3 years respectively, whose HIV-positive grandmother branded as witches at a community in Cross River State,...
Dermatologist Says Makeup Kills
A Lagos-based dermatologist, Tobi Davis, has stated that excessive use of makeup is toxic to the skin.
She further added that excessive make-up by women was...
Lassa Fever Kills One in Taraba
Taraba State Epidemiologist, Dr. Aketemo Udi, on Saturday, confirmed that one person had so far died of Lassa fever in the state, contrary to...
Libyan Returnees: Federal Government Asks State Governments to Pick-Up its Indigenes
The Minister of Health, Issac Adewole, has called on state governors to pick up their indigenes who have been medically cleared from camps setup to...
Nigeria, Rwanda Record Increase in Malaria Cases
According to the World Malaria Report, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of Congo have an increase in the rise of malaria cases at the time...
Cataract Responsible For Blindness of 65,000 Persons In Oyo —Professional
An ophthalmologist, Dr. Mojoyin Akinwale, says more than 65,000 people are currently blind in Oyo State due to cataract.
Akinwale, who is the Vice-Chairman of...
Lagos State Government Moves To Revamp Primary Healthcare Centers
The Lagos State Government today stepped up its monitoring of Primary Healthcare Centres ,PHCs,across the state just as it read the riot act to...