Nigeria’s Flying Eagles began their campaign in the men’s football event at the 13th African Games in Ghana on a losing note as they lost 2-1 Ugandan in their opening group B match. The Ugandan team drew the first blood in the 34th minute through Arafat Usama. The Nigerian side replied almost immediately, with Sadiq…
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC), Professor Daniel Nwachukwu, has urged Nigerians to take zobo leaves in curing hypertension and other ailments. Nwachukwu, a Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology at the university, shared this advice during the 201st Inaugural Lecture of the University held on Thursday in Enugu. Titled “The Marriage…
A gynaecologist and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Professor Joseph Ikechebelu has said that with breakthroughs in science, the era of barrenness among women has been eradicated. Speaking at the take off of a two-day programme organized by a nongovernmental organization, the All for Women Initiative Nigeria (A-WIN), The medical expert…
Experts at the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, NSIA-LUTH, Cancer Centre, has hinted on early detection of cancer as key for management and survival of the dreaded disease. The experts who said people die from cancer due to late presentation urged Nigerians exhibiting signs of cancer to get treatment as…
The President of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, NVMA, Dr Moses Arokoyo, has disclosed the willingness of the association to contribute N420 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product, GDP, noting that veterinarians play important roles in national development. Speaking during the 2024 NVMA Leadership Summit and Investiture Ceremony, Arokoyo advocated for increased veterinarian employment…
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Ministry of Health to make available a prescription policy to monitor sale of drugs in the country. The House, which insisted such a policy must be enforced, charged the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria as a matter of urgency to shutdown illegal outlets of pharmaceutical products including…
A former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad has criticized the Tinubu administration for its constant criticism of the administration of Muhammadu Buhari who like the Tinubu government is APC In a statement on his X handle, Ahmad said former Presidents Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan never criticized Olusegun Obasanjo because they were…
In a rather shift from the conventional practice of state government donating vehicles to traditional rulers, a good-spirited monarch in Anambra State, Igwe Dennis Ezebuilo, has donated a new vehicle to the government of the state. Igwe Ezebuilo who is the Traditional Ruler of Amanuke made the donation to the State’s Ministry of Women Affairs…
Women have been adviced against delivering babies at home to increase their chances of survival during and after childbirth. A Health Officer with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Bauchi Field Office, Oluseyi Olosunde, said this during a Media Dialogue to mark this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) in Gombe state. Olosunde, presenting a paper…
The Imo State House of Assembly, on Thursday, confirmed all the commissioner nominees on the list sent by Governor Hope Uzodinma for ratification and confirmation. Among those confirmed by the Assembly are the immediate past commissioner for information and strategy, Declan Emelumba, the immediate past commissioner for works, Ralph Nwosu, and Chimezie Amadi, the immediate…
