Six people were killed on Sunday in Oke Afo, near Badagry, Lagos State, when a car driven by a Customs officer veered off the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. FRSC Assistant Road Commander Hussein Haruna told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the d...
The Lagos State Government on Friday said it would soon commence random checks to determine the alcohol level in commercial bus drivers. Governor Babatunde Fashola made the disclosure at the launch of the Lagos Motor Park Health and Safety Initiative a...
Succour has finally come the way of about 1,400 identified orphans and vulnerable children in dire need of support, especially those infected with HIV/Aids and selected destitute across the 17 Southern states. The Global Fund on its round nine co...
A medical practitioner at the National Hospital, Abuja, Dr Esele Samuel, has said that having several sexual partners could cause secondary infertility.Esele told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that multiple sexual partners had a higher risk...
Between January and September 2011, 53 people have been reported dead in marina beach in Calabar, Cross River State. The victims were said to have died when they were drown as the boats that conveyed them to various parts of the country capsized ...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has blamed the shortage of vaccines being experienced across the states of the federation on the recent bomb blast at the United Nations House. The acting executive director of t...
As, the Nation marks its 51st anniversary, experts in the Science and Technology sector said the sector has recorded some achievements, though need to tackle some challenges. CHINYERE AMALU examines reports. Though celebrated in a low...
In its efforts to support victims of the bomb blast, procedures have been put in place by the United Nations to facilitate travel to South Africa for family members, some of whom have already arrived in South Africa. This was disclosed in a press relea...
Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia said on Sunday in Abuja that his administration built 165 health centres in the state in collaboration with the federal government. The governor told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a modern specialist hospital and a di...
Female condoms are yet to gain acceptance from women in the country. Several fact-finding studies have shown just what is responsible for this. WINIFRED OGBEBO reports. For Nora Nzeribe, an Abuja- based lawyer, female condom is a new phenomenon and one...
Nursing mothers in Eket, Akwa Ibom State have expressed concern over the lingering scarcity of vaccines for immunising new born babies against preventable childhood diseases. LEADERSHIP checks at health facilities in Eket and its environs revealed that...
The outbreak of cholera, which occured in some parts of Ibadan weekend, has so far claimed over eight lives while some other victims are responding to treatment at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, and other private hospitals LEADERSHIP findings...
The United States Embassy in Nigeria is to offer free medical services to communities in Gboko local government area of Benue state.The leader of the team, Mr. Arevalo Reuben while on a working visit to the state disclosed that a group of programme coo...
Minister of Health, Prof Christian Onyebuchi Chukwu, yesterday expressed the federal government’s readiness to partner with the Edo state government in the area of sensitising the public on the need to tackle the scourge of cancer and the deadly ...
Wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Amina Sambo, who is also the founder of I-Care Women and Youth Empowerment Initiative, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan over his timely response to HIV/AIDS’ cure and prevention in the country. Hajiya S...