Health

The Nigerian Prosthetics, Orthotic and Orthopedic Technology Society (NPOOTS) has donated prosthetic limbs worth over N10million to ten amputees in Rivers State, restoring…
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By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi Poverty and lack of basic knowledge of environmental hygiene, especially among rural populations in Nigeria, have been identified as the major…
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A Nigerian mother, Mrs Latifah Lawal, on Tuesday unveiled the ‘One Cup of Milk a Day’ Initiative, a child-nutrition programme aimed at giving vulnerable school children daily…
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By Anthony Maliki, Abuja The conference on “Mobilizing against malnutrition in northwest Nigeria” held in Abuja on 6th November, 2025, was not a talk shop reeling out figures…
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By Joseph Adahnu, Yola A Cholera outbreak in Mubi North and Mubi South local government areas of Adamawa State has claimed 13 lives with 236 people affected with the disease. …
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has declared that “there is no greater test of our humanity than how we respond to hunger in the land,” calling on leaders across all levels of…
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The conference on “Mobilizing against malnutrition in northwest Nigeria” organised in conjunction with North West Governors’ Forum, Katsina State Government and Medicines Sans…
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The wife of the Katsina State Governor, Hajiya Fatima Dikko Umaru Radda, last Friday led hundreds of enthusiastic participants in an early morning Breast Cancer Awareness Walk…
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By Yusuf Salihu Sansani, Jalingo Outbreak of Avian Influenza Virus (Bird Flu) has been reported in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. The State Commissioner of…
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By Ben Adaji, Jalingo Dr Moses Arokoya, President, Nigerian Vetinarry Medical Association (NVMA) has said that 65 per cent of human diseases in Nigeria were livestock related. …
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In a historic move to spotlight the often-overlooked challenge of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in Nigeria, the Caring Lot International Initiative (CLII) has launched a…
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By El-Yakub Dabai, Birnin Kebbi About 260 students affected by the rioting at the College of Health Sciences and Technology, Jega, Kebbi State, would soon be recalled to…
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Every year, millions of children around the world suffer from malnutrition—a crisis that is all too visible in their frail bodies and tired eyes. But what is often less visible,…
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By Anthony Maliki, Abuja A frontline health non-government organization (NGO), Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a range…
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Since late August and early September, 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have scaled up their medical response in Maiduguri, Borno State,…
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The Governor of Katsina State, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has received members of the Egyptian medical team, Hospital Co-Egypt, a Medical Conglomerate, partnering with Katsina State…
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