From Our Correspondent The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will enhance the quality of Nigeria’s herbal products to global standards. The agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave this assurance in a message to commemorate the 2023 International Traditional Medicine Day. TheNewsZenith reports that the United Nations celebrate International […]
From Our Correspondent Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has reiterated his administration’s commitment to fostering standard of nursing education in the state. Bello gave the assurance at the 6th combined convocation of the Kogi State College of Nursing and Midwifery in Obangede, Okehi Local Government Area. The governor said: “We will maintain the priority of […]
By Mamman Mohammed Although there was no formal declaration of a state of emergency in the Yobe State health sector, there are overwhelming evidences that Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led administration prioritise healthcare services. The transformation going on since 2019 is empirically visible and laud enough. The drive and success stories in delivering healthcare at an affordable […]
By Isabel Shaw BRAIN tumours can cause a host of different symptoms, depending on where the tumour is growing. Most commonly if you have one, you might experience headaches, sickness or seizures. Each year around 12,300 cases of brain cancer are diagnosed in the UK, Cancer Research UK states, and these present in the form of a brain tumour. The symptoms […]
By Our Correspondent The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned that poorly destroyed, expired or stolen products from food manufacturers are sneaking into the markets through scavengers. The agency gave the warning in a statement, on Sunday, in Lagos. It said that such practice was unacceptable as it endangered the […]
By Our Correspondent The Lagos State Government has suspended the General Manager of the Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency. This followed the submission of a preliminary report into the elevator crash at the State General Hospital, Odan on Lagos Island. The elevator crash led to the death of a house officer, Dr Vwaere […]
A fire at a hospital in western Germany late on Thursday night injured 28 people, five of them seriously, according to local police. The fire broke out in a patient’s room in the hospital in Hemer, a town about 30 kilometres southeast of Dortmund. Staff quickly began evacuating other patients from the hospital, according to […]
From Our Correspondent No fewer than 122 Nigerian children have died of diphtheria as of July 2023, UNICEF’s Communications Officer in Nigeria, Ms Safiya Akau, said in Dutse, Jigawa State, on Thursday. Akau said UNICEF was amplifying its efforts to counter the growing outbreak of the disease that has affected children in 27 states of […]
By Our Correspondent Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has instructed all commands of the Agency to immediately clamp down on illegal sale and use of nitrous oxide. In a statement on Tuesday, Marwa said the order on nitrous oxide (aka Laughing Gas) is a sequel to its […]
The Publisher and Managing Director of the Nigerian NewsDirect, Dr Samuel Ibiyemi, is dead, aged 56. Ibiyemi reportedly died on Tuesday afternoon at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State. Details of his health condition were sketchy but medics at the hospital reportedly said he died of a pulmonary embolism. The NewsZenith reports […]