DR Opeyemi Babatunde, the lead investigator of the Joint Implementation Guidelines for Osteoarthritis in West Africa (JIGSAW) Africa, a team that founded a complete guide to living with osteoarthritis, has cautioned Nigerians against the routine use of drugs in managing osteoarthritis and pain in the joints. Babatunde, a physiotherapist at Keela University in the United…
Mr Tunde Ajobo, a dietician, reveals older adults, due to the climatic changes, particularly need to keep warm and increase their water intake to ensure free bowel movement and increase movement to stay healthy and will help them avoid constipation and chest infections like pneumonia. He spoke at the second anniversary and thanksgiving ceremony of…
DIRECTOR of the Centre for Comprehensive Promotion of Reproductive Health, Professor Oladosu Ojengbede, has stated that female genital mutilation (FGM), the removal of a woman’s clitoris, is not only unhealthy but also unnecessary. Ojengbede, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, speaking at the 2024 International Day for Zero Tolerance for FGM in Nigeria, organised by the…
Nigerian Dancehall musician Michael Adebayo Olayinka known as Ruger, has revealed why he left Jonzing World, a label owned by D’Prince. Ruger had announced his new record label named ‘Blown Boy Entertainment’ in January. He also adjusted his profile names on social media to reflect the new label. Taking to his official Instagram page on…
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the ban imposed on alcoholic beverages in sachets and small bottles by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. This resolution was sequel to a motion moved by Paschal Agbodike on Wednesday during plenary. Recalled that NAFDAC had announced a halt to the registration…
The Federal Government have announced a plan to build six new cancer treatment centres in six tertiary healthcare facilities in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed in Abuja, on Monday, at a World Cancer Day Symposium with the theme: “Economy, Tax and Cancer Control: The Exit of Pharmaceutical Companies from…
Police Command in Ogun says a 400-level female student of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ago-Iwoye, Adaeze Jaja, has allegedly committed suicide in a hotel. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday in Abeokuta. She said the 31-year-old was reported to have been found lying unconscious…
Six people were killed and 31 injured when a rain-induced landslide hit a gold-mining village in a mountainous province of the southern Philippines, on Wednesday. The landslide Tuesday night struck Masara in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island, provincial disaster official Edward Macapili told AFP, destroying houses and engulfing two buses used to transport…
At least 22 people were killed Wednesday in two separate bomb blasts outside poll candidate offices in southwestern Pakistan, officials said, on the eve of an election marred by violence and allegations of poll-rigging. The first attack occurred near the office of an independent candidate in Pishin district, around 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the…
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, says the federal government has taken cognisance of the rising cost of food and other commodities in Nigeria. Speaking yesterday in Abuja during a bilateral meeting with a visiting German delegation led by the country’s Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Ms Svenja…
