All Drug Users Should Come For Treatment, Marwa Begs Addicts
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that drug users and addicts no longer have excuse not to seek treatment with the commissioning of a modern 24/7 call centre set...
FG Charges Nigerians To Go For Diabetes Test
The National Desk Officer, Diabetes of the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Alayo Sopekan, has advised Nigerians to go for a test to know their diabetes status. He stated this yesterday in Abuja during a stakeholders’ engagement on iCARE initiatives ...
Thailand Legalises Marijuana Cultivation, Consumption
Thailand has legalised the growing and possession of cannabis and its consumption in food and drinks, the first Asian country to do so, with the aim of boosting its agriculture and tourism sectors – but smoking it recreationally is still against th...
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...
Monkeypox Not As Concerning As Corona Virus – President Biden
President Biden on Monday said he doesn't believe an outbreak of monkeypox is as risky as the Covid-19 pandemic, tempering comments he made a day earlier that people should be "concerned." "We have had this monkeypox in large numbers in the past. W...
Coronavirus Pandemic May End Soon, Virus To Stay, Top Sanitary Doctor Says
The coronavirus pandemic may end in the near future yet the virus itself won’t go away, Head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing Anna Popova said in an interview with TASS. "We hope so," she sai...
President Kim Mobilizes North Korea’s Military In Response To Covid-19 Outbreak
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilized the military to respond to the country's first officially acknowledged outbreak of Covid-19, as the impoverished nation scrambles to address what state media has described as a "major national emergency....
North Korea Announces First Covid Deaths Amid ‘Explosive’ Outbreak
North Korea has announced an "explosive" Covid-19 outbreak that has likely killed six people and infected more than 350,000, according to state media, prompting fears of an impending and deadly crisis in the isolated and impoverished nation. The anno...
7-Year-Old Ihechukwu Adiele Seeks Assistance To Undergo Surgery After A Fuel Explosion That Led To Huge Keloid (See Document)
A 7-year-old boy, Ihechukwu Delight Adiele, resident in Mgbarakuma, Ubakala in Umuahia South local government area of Abia State is seeking assistance to undergo surgery from a huge keloid in his abdominal area. The growth which started as a result o...
Buhari Directs Minister Of Health, Ehanire To Provide Update On Local Vaccine Manufacturing
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja directed the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, to submit a progress report by the end of May 2022 on the indigenous production of vaccines in the country. The President gave the directive while re...
