The family of AbdulRasheed Maina has refuted the news by an online media (not Blueprint) that he is receiving presidential treatment in Kuje Correctional Facility, where he is being detained. Rather, it claimed that Maina […]
As the 147 inmates, including 22 females and five minors, rescued from Malam Nigga Rehabilitation Centre, Rigasa in Kaduna state undergo profiling, medical examination and treatment, the inmates have lamented the dehumanising condition and sexual abuse […]
The Enugu state police command has said no casualty was recorded in the three storey building which collapsed in Enugu Tuesday. Police public relations officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement made available […]
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Health to implement the national malaria treatment policy and make treatment of the disease in all public hospitals free across the country. To this end, […]
Federal Ministry of Health has said it disbursed over N1.8 billion for the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in 18 states in the last two years. Head of the nutrition division, Dr. Chris Isokpunwu, who […]
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a cancerous party that needs urgent treatment.Bello said this at the weekend while fielding questions from State House correspondents shortly after he […]
A 500-level student of Electrical/Electronic Engineering department at the University of Maiduguri (UniMaid), in Borno state, Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim, is dead. Ibrahim had been battling with kidney disease for several months before he eventually passed […]
Former Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri is being treated for pneumonia. The 60-year-old Juventus coach spent Monday morning at the Italian club having missed a weekend friendly against Triestina because of what was initially thought to […]
After protracted legal arguments in the court of law, respite may have come the way of the embattled leader of the now proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and wife, Zeenatu. The […]
A policeman and three members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shi’ites, were feared dead Tuesday as hundreds of the sect members stormed the premises of the National Assembly.The cop, […]
Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy will be sidelined for a month with a hand fracture sustained at the Africa Cup of Nations, his club Reims announced. Mendy, 27, left Egypt on Tuesday to return to France […]
Christian Atsu has been ruled out of the rest of the Africa Cup of Nations with a hamstring tear, officials said on Tuesday. He has returned to England for treatment at his club Newcastle United, hours […]
The Lagos state Police Command has arrested and detained five police officers who allegedly shot dead a 20-year-old woman, Ada Ifeanyi in Ajegunle on Saturday. The command’s spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, said in a statement […]
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state has sympathised with victims of the building collapse in Ibadan, and ordered free treatment for the injured at government hospitals. Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to the governor […]
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has said it will engage every tool and provision in the new Consumer Protection Bill and any other enactment to ensure fair treatment for consumers. President Muhammadu Buhari assented the Federal […]
Health Minister Isaac Adewole has said 40 per cent of cancer cases canbe prevented in Nigeria, if people change their sedentary lifestyles. He stated this at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH),Idi-Araba, Lagos where he […]
The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDs (UNAIDS) have urged the federal government to “own the HIV response programme” by assisting in reducing cost of […]
A consultant psychiatrist, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Dr. Alfred Makanjuola, yesterday called for the separation of drug rehabilitation centre from psychiatric units in the nation’s health facilities. Makanjuola, who is the head, Drug […]
Gusau Zamfara state government has concluded arrangement to render free eye treatment and special clinical operation services to over 9,800 people suffering from eyes problems across the state. Speaking at the formal flag up of […]
Two police officers who went missing in an ambush in Benue state have been found unhurt, police said yesterday. The officers were amongst four mobile policemen who were declared missing after a police patrol team […]
By Adeola Tukuru Abuja Senior Health Advisor, Department for International Department (DFID), Dr Christopher Lewis, has said in the next year 5 years, the United Kingdom government will invest the sum of 360 million pounds […]
By Emeka Nze, Abuja The PDP Unity Forum has appealed to five governors and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who left the party to return now that normalcy has returned to the party. […]
A Pennsylvania man says he was attacked by a raccoon as he worked on his car outside his home, and killed the animal with the only weapon he had: a hammer. Dan Waldenville tells the […]
By Raphael Ede Enugu Uncertainty hovers on the deteriorating health of former Vice President, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, who is under intensive medical care after he was said to have collapsed at his Enugu resident. […]
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