Excessive fasting destroys kidneys, NAFDAC warns Nigerians
Excessive fasting destroys kidneys, NAFDAC warns Nigerians The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and...
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NDDC Spreads Breast Cancer Awareness
NDDC Spreads Breast Cancer Awareness The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has stressed the need to create awareness to help...
Nigeria at high risk of importing Ebola, NCDC warns
Nigeria at high risk of importing Ebola, NCDC warns The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria is at...
Report says over 930,000 pregnancies aborted in United States in 2020
Report says over 930,000 pregnancies aborted in United States in 2020 The rate of abortions in the United States has...
Don’t insert cucumber in private parts, physician warns women
A medical health expert, Dr. Toluwani Binutu, has warned women against inserting cucumber in the vagina. According to him, using...
World Hearing Day: One billion people at risk of hearing loss due to loud music – WHO
World Health Organisation (WHO) says over one billion people, aged 12 to 35, risk losing their hearing due to prolonged...
Four types of fruits men should consume regularly to keep their male organs active
The male organ, just like other organs in the body, is very delicate, and keeping it healthy should be the...
130,000 Nigerian Children Living With HIV – UNICEF
About 130,000 children are living with HIV in Nigeria, just as one Nigerian child died every five minutes from Aids-related...
COVID-19: Rivers state sees upsurge in infections as NCDC records 164 new cases
Rivers state records 164 cases of COVID-19 infection, the Federal Capital Territory and 12 other states reported 296 new cases...
NNPC/Chevron donate medical equipment to Ijaw, Itsekiri cottage hospitals in Delta
The NNPC/ Chevron Nigeria Limited Joint Venture has donated modern medical equipment worth millions of Naira to the Oporoza and...
1,306 in Delta, 1,766 in Rivers, 589 in Bayelsa — FG releases sharing formula for first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses
By Our Correspondent The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has released the details of how the first batch...
COVID-19: NNPC/Chevron JV Donates PCR Lab, equipment to Delta government
…. also hands over surgical theatre/consulting Rooms Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National...
Top 6 Health Benefits of Eating Watermelon
“They are everywhere: in heaps on the roadside, in your neighbourhood, in wedges balanced on trays." But those big green...
Okowa cautions healthcare workers in the state
By Our Reporter In line with his administration’s determination to ensure full routine immunization coverage of Delta, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa...
Many woes in Warri Central Hospital
By Kareen Zachaeus, Mercy Karewei & Eunice Teide Electricity and man power to carryout necessary jobs is a major problem...
Stakeholders applaud Chevron, Agbami parties, at TB National Conference
By Enaibo Asiayei Stakeholders in the health sector in Nigeria have commended the efforts of Star Deepwater Petroleum Limited (a...
Delta State Government Partners EGCDF, Chevron for Sustainable Health Delivery in Ijaw Communities
By Shina Badmus The Egbema-Gbaramatu Communities Development Foundation (EGCDF) a community-based organisation (Regional Development Committee) under the Global Memorandum of...
The man who saved thousands of people from HIV
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WORLD MALARIA DAY: Izon Queens Embark on Awareness Campaign in Riverine Communities
…Donate mosquito nets to riverine dwellers …It is a welcome development – community leader In a bid to mark this...
Chevron, others commit N2.2B to fight against TB in Nigeria
Concerned about the menace of Tuberculosis (TB) and other communicable diseases in Nigeria, Chevron and its business parties have sustained...
Smoking, drinking can make you go blind, Optometrist warns
A Benin-based optometrist, Dr. Ozor Ibhade, has warned that excessive smoking and drinking are likely to cause visual impairment in humans....
Lassa fever: Delta confirms three deaths, 24 under surveillance
The Delta State Government has said three out of the seven confirmed cases of Lassa fever have resulted in mortality...
Cigarette, alcohol prices to rise as Adeosun proposes tariff review
Cigarette smoking is not only dangerous to your health — it may soon start burning holes in your pockets. Kemi...
Tompolo Foundation Hands Over Cottage Hospital To State Govt (Photos)
The Tompolo Foundation, the health care unit of the philanthropic venture of Niger Delta elder statesman, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo...
Regular smoking increases heart attack risk by 50% for men, doubles chance for women
Just one cigarette a day is enough to raise the risk of heart disease and stroke by around 50 per...
Panic as Monkeypox spreads to Delta, nine persons hospitalised
About nine persons have been allegedly hospitalised as the dreaded monkeypox disease hit Delta State. Sources told our correspondent on...
PIND Foundation commences training on hygiene for 260 secondary schools in Rivers
Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), said it has commenced training of students on hygiene promotion in...
MONKEY POX: Bayelsa Residents Shun Hugs, Handshakes
Residents of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, are avoiding handshakes and bodily contact in public places following the outbreak of 'Monkey...
MONKEY POX: 11 Year Old Boy, Medical Doctor Treated, Discharged
…Nine others under observation–NDUTH Authorities of the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH) has confirmed that an Eleven Year old...
Monkey Pox: Avoid eating bush meat – Ministry of Health
The Federal Ministry of Health has advised Nigerians to avoid eating monkeys, bushmeat and dead animals as doing so could...
Outbreak of new viral disease ‘monkey pox’ hits Bayelsa, as doctor, 10 others quarantined
A new viral epidemic known as “monkey pox” has broken out in Bayelsa State. A medical doctor and 10 other...
Full list of anti-malaria drugs banned by Senate
The Nigerian Senate has listed about 42 anti-malaria drugs that have been banned in Europe but are still sold in...
