By Seun Adeuyi Nigeria has been ranked as the highest in drug use prevalence rate in the world. This was made known by the National Programme Officer…

At the current rates of progress, the United Nations says the realization of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2—sanitation and hygiene for all—will not be achieved until…

The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund, formerly Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council of the UN, will be officially launched Nov. 17 to mobilize a $2-billion fund in…

By Seun Adeuyi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has assigned the Commissioner for Energy, Science and Technology, Dr Godwin Oyiwona to supervise the Ministry of Health…

By Seun Adeuyi Nigerians abroad have been urged to suspend plans of coming home for the Christmas festivities. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF),…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that three states have recently reported a total of 76 deaths suspected to be from yellow fever. The affected states are Bauchi,…

By Seun Adeuyi The Ekiti State Government has begun compulsory medical checkups for workers in the critical departments of the state’s public service. This was made known…

By Idowu Maryam An indigent 200 level student of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo state, Miss Chidera Judith Izuogu, has purportedly been held hostage by Dr. Uche Nwankwo,…

The Oyo State Government has said that there is no evidence to back claims of a cholera outbreak in Lagun village of Lagelu Local Government Area (LGA)…

A strange disease has reportedly killed no less than 57 persons in Ette and Umuopu communities in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State. It…