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Thursday, 05 November, 2026

Category: HEALTH & NATIVE REMEDIES


Dr Iziaq Salako, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, has confirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to ensuring that all Nigerians have access to necessary eye care services. He made this statement in Abuja on Thursday during the Read more…


Kano State has been revealed to account for 30% of Nigeria’s total tuberculosis (TB) cases, making it the state with the highest per capita TB cases globally. This alarming statistic was disclosed by Professor Hamisu Salihu, Director-General of the Kano Read more…


A medical expert and Director of Family Health at the Jigawa State Ministry of Health, Dr. Abubakar Said Kanya, has cautioned that delayed access to emergency obstetric care is a major cause of recurring obstetric fistula among women. Kanya made Read more…


The Save Lives Sustainable and Counselling Initiative, a non-governmental organization based in Kano, has raised concern over the growing threat facing HIV-discordant couples—where one partner is HIV-positive and the other is not—following the U.S. government’s suspension of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Read more…


THE MAKING OF OGBUEBULLE HEALTH CENTRE [The Untold Story Of NANNNA’s Efforts Toward Universal Health Coverage]    – By Ojiaku Kalu The Journey To Ogbuebulle: I spent the first weekend of this April at a community with a somewhat intriguing Read more…


NANNNA: When Quality Healthcare Goes Rural— By Ojiaku Kalu National Association of Nigerian Nurses in North America [NANNNA], the professional body of all practicing nurses of Nigerian descent resident in the continent of North America  founded in 2008, held its Read more…


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Mark Zuckerberg Postpones MMA Fight As He Undergoes Surgery | READ MORE Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, internet entrepreneur, and CEO Meta, has postponed his MMA fight competition scheduled for early 2024 owing to a surgery he had for an Anterior Cruciate Read more…


Hon. Amobi Ogah Moves For Free, Subsidized Malaria Drugs In Hospitals

Hon. Amobi Ogah Moves For Free, Subsidized Malaria Drugs In Hospitals The member representing Isuikwuato/ Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State, and the Chairman, House Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Control, Hon. Amobi Ogah, has said that making malaria Read more…