First Nigerian Hospital To Introduce Technology That Allows Removal Of Prostrate Without Open Surgery Emerges
An Umuahia-based medical facility, ELEOS Specialist Hospital has become the first hospital in Nigeria to commence Bipolar Enucleation of the prostate. This new technological advancement allows the removal of prostates completely irrespective of the size without opening up the patient's body. Older methods of achieving the same thing according to Dr Paul E Ngwu a Consultant Urologist and Laparoscopic Surgeon, include...
Cannabis, Dangerous Chemicals Contained In Herbal Sex Enhancement Drugs – NAFDAC Warns
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Friday, raised alarm over the high rate at which Illicit herbal intoxicants are being used in the country, noting that the act portends grave danger to the health of the users. The agency said its findings from various operations carried out revealed a dangerous trend in the use of...
World Food Day: With The Right Food, Nigerians Don’t Need Medicine — NAFDAC DG
The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has urged Nigerians to always ensure that only safe and wholesome foods were consumed to boost the immunity and improve the body’s na...
[BREAKING] COVID-19: Senate Closes Gallery, Suspends Public Hearing
The Senate has announced the partial closure of its activities to members of the public to safeguard the National Assembly Complex from coronavirus. Senate President Ahmad Lawan announced the development at plenary after a one-hour closed session. Lawan said all forms of public hearing and excursion of students to the Senate have been suspended till further notice. The Senate President, in addition,...
BREAKING: NCDC Makes Error, Puts Confirmed Coronavirus Cases At 209
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday said it had made an error in its reporting of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country. “On 3rd of April 2020, we reported 26 new cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria,” the NCDC said in a tweet. “An error has been discovered in this report as follows: “There were 25 new cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. The...
Anambra Health Workers Urge Governor Soludo To Pay Full CONHESS
Governor Charles Soludo has been urged by the Organized Health Sector Unions in Anambra to fully implement the 100 percent Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for health workers in order to prevent a potential fresh industrial action in the state. Mr. Charles Nwoye, the spokesperson for the group and chairman of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals in Anambra,...
We Didn’t Distribute The Expired COVID-19 Vaccines — FG
The Federal Government has confirmed that within the last month, some COVID-19 vaccines expired in the country. However, according to the government, the vaccines are said to have been withdrawn and will be destroyed by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). In a statement on Wednesday the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, noted that donation...
Tiger At New York’s Bronx Zoo Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Nadia, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York, has become the first of her kind to test positive for the coronavirus. The 4-year-old female Malayan tiger tested positive after developing a dry cough and is expected to recover, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo said in a news release. Samples from Nadia were taken and tested after the tiger...
Gates Foundation Commits Fresh $1.6bn To Gavi For Delivery Of COVID-19 Vaccine To “Poorest Countries”
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a five-year, US$1.6 billion commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to deliver life-saving vaccines to the world’s poorest countries. According to Gates, the “funding and global coordination will ensure” people all over the world are able to get the COVID-19 vaccine when they become available. The commitment was announced at the Global Vaccine...
Nigerians In Rivers State Dying Slowly Over Soot — Rep. Onuigbo, Seeks Immediate Action
Member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency, Rep. Sam Onuigbo has said indigenes and residents of Rivers State, South South Nigeria has for years faced environmental related challenge known as soot which has led to the gradual death of many. The lawmaker who is the sponsor of the popular climate change Bill which was recently signed into law by the President expressed...
