AGPMPN to offer free medical services to 1million mothers
By Emma Ogbuehi
The Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN) has reaffirmed its commitment to...
COVID-19: Edo records 115 new cases, deaths hit 34 in 72 hrs
By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
Edo State has recorded 115 new cases and 56 recoveries from coronavirus (COVID-19) in...
South Africa to begin COVID-19 vaccinations with J&J doses
By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
The African country worst hit by coronavirus (COVID-19), South Africa, is set to begin...
Nigeria records drop in COVID-19 cases
By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
Nigeria has recorded a massive drop in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.
The...
COVID-19: Edo records 30 new cases, two more deaths, active cases rise to 632
By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
Edo State has recorded 30 new cases and two more deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19),...
SON raises alarm over under-dispensing of medical gases, warns plant owners, dealers
By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has raised the alarm over under-dispensing of oxygen...
No more Guinea worm cases in Niger – govt
By Ummi Ismaeel, Minna
Niger State is totally free from Guinea worm, one of the dangerous but neglected tropical...
Buhari criminalises non-wearing of facemasks, signs law
• Offenders to serve six months jail term
By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
Nigerian President, Muhammadu...
Again, Nigeria gets it wrong on Tobacco control funding
By Philip Jakpor
Nigeria’s 2021 national budget has not disappointed pessimists. Like previous years public health was relegated to...
How lockdown averted 5.8m COVID-19 infections in Nigeria, by researchers
As Nigeria grapples with rising infections caused by the second wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a team of international public health...
