Health

TRAGEDY struck yesterday, as the Minster of State for Labour, Chief James Ocholi (SAN), his wife and son died in a fatal auto crash along Abuja-Kaduna highway. While Ocholi, 55, and his son, Aaron Enojo, 20, died instantly, his wife, Blessing Fatima, a Registrar at Salem University, Sokoto, was said …

Nearly 100 Indian schoolchildren were hospitalised with suspected food poisoning Thursday after eating a free midday meal at a government-run school near Mumbai, police said, adding that some were in a critical condition. “Ninety-seven have been admitted to hospital, a few of them are critical. They started vomiting after eating …

Hannah Pryer suffers from a rare condition that means she falls over every time she laughs. The A-level student has cataplexy which causes a sudden loss of muscle control. She also collapses if she gets excited or angry. On top of excessive levels of tiredness and sleep attacks, she suffers …

Mr Razaq Yusuf had perfected plans to abscond when he learnt his 28-year-old wife, Sakirat, had given birth to quintuplets at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.But something changed his mind. He revealed this on Wednesday.He said strong counseling by friends and family members strengthened his faith that help would surely …

Scientists from Sweden have invented a new bizarre condom called the ‘Pant condom’ which they say gives 100 per cent protection against all STI’s. The claim that conventional condoms only protect the shaft of the pen!s while exposing the pubic region to other skin based bacteria, pubic lice and other …

A baby who was abandoned in an Indomie carton was rescued by the police at Festac Town and a leader of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) over the weekend. According to Tribune, the baby was found by an OPC leader in Amuwo Odofin, simply identified as Suleiman Badmus, who handed her …

  A female student of the Lagos State University(LASU),from the department of History and International Relations was reported dead on  Friday after attending a sent forth party.Amidst wailing,the family members of the dead student whose corpse have been deposited at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital(LASUTH) stormed the university asking them …

The United States Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Ms Linda Thomas-Greenfield has disclosed that about 100,000 Nigerians were currently living outside as refugees in neighbouring countries. This came on a day the Head of European Union delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr Michel Arrion, also said there were more Nigerian …

Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said private sector participation is key to the economic development of Nigeria despite the ongoing economic challenges facing the country.Obasanjo said the growth of the economy  is highly dependent on the private sector and for there to be proliferation of local industries that …