Health

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against consuming frozen poultry products smuggled into the country. Abubakar Jimoh, spokesperson to NAFDAC, said this on Monday, in an interview with NAN in Abuja. Jimoh said food items such as frozen poultry products are usually …

141 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Rivers-33 Gombe-32 Lagos-29 Imo-25 Plateau-9 Benue-5 Borno-4 Kano-3 Delta-1 206,279 confirmed 194,167 discharged 2,723 deaths

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its national wide strike — two months after the action began. On August 2, NARD embarked on a strike over “irregular payment of salaries”, among other issues. Efforts of different stakeholders, including President Muhammadu Buhari and the house of representatives, to …

74 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-36 Edo-11 FCT-9 Akwa Ibom-6 Sokoto-6 Delta-3 Benue-1 Oyo-1 Rivers-1 206,138 confirmed 194,097 discharged 2,723 deaths

Nigerian-born Adanwimo Okafor Named General Counsel of American Board Of Surgery Sharing the good news on her LinkedIn page, Okafor said, “I’m the first person of color and first black woman to hold this position in the organization’s 80 plus year history!… “By stepping into the GC role, I join …

Son of Chief Rotimi Williams, Ladi, has reportedly died of COVID-19 complication. Chief Ladi passed away at about 3 am at St Nicholas isolation hospital from Covid-19 complications. despite being vaccinated. His death was confirmed by his younger brother, Chief Kayode Rotimi-Williams. “I just lost my elder brother, Chief Ladi …

The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has shut the institution, indefinitely as the University students protest over the death of a final year student of the Foreign Language Department, Aishat Adesina.       Information reveals that the student gave up the ghost at a private hospital in …

A baby girl simply identified as Bibian who started menstruating at the age of four months has survived sex cord-stromal tumors, described by doctors as ‘rare ovarian cancer.’ Phaustine Andeso, the mother of the baby, narrated how it all happened to Standard Media at their Likuyani home in Kakamega County, …

161 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-45 Kaduna-32 Ondo-28 Kwara-12 Rivers-11 Edo-8 Ekiti-5 Niger-5 Zamfara-5 Plateau-4 Nasarawa-3 FCT-2 Oyo-1 205,926 confirmed 193,798 discharged 2,723 deaths

An unnamed female student of a tertiary Institution in Nigeria fainted three times after news got to her that a male lecturer in her Department died of AIDS, Acquire Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The young lady is said to have received the news with shock and subsequently fainted in three different …