•Tinubu and Nnamdi Kanu The Lead Personal Physician to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has warned that the sudden transfer of his patient to the Sokoto Correctional Facility, less than 24 hours after his conviction, poses grave and potentially life-threatening medical risks. Kanu, who was convicted and s...
•US President Donald Trump Donald Trump is in “excellent overall health,” his physician said yesterday after the 79-year-old — the oldest elected president in US history — underwent his second medical checkup of the year. “President Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health,” the doctor, Navy Captain Sean Barbabella, wrote in a l...
•Dr Frederic Pechier A French doctor who goes on trial today, accused of intentionally poisoning 30 patients, 12 of whom died, sounded defiant in a radio interview before the hearings opened, saying he was not responsible for the “distress” of his alleged victims and their families. Frederic Pechier, 53, worked as an anaesthetist at two [&hell...
•Prof. Fatai Fehintola Professor Fatai Fehintola, consultant physician and clinical pharmacologist at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, speaks about multivitamins and mineral supplements, when they are required, and caution on their rational use for improving health, reports Nigerian Tribune. Excerpts: Are multivitamins necessary supple...
As Nigeria marked the 2025 edition of International Workers’ Day, medical doctors in Lagos raised an alarm over the worsening crisis in the nation’s health sector, demanding urgent and comprehensive reforms to address what they described as “a collapsing system losing its best minds daily.” In a statement signed by the Chairman of the Lagos [&...
An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure has ordered the remand of two men, Adebowale Adegboye, and Idowu Akinseye in prison custody for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl (name withheld). While Adegboye is the father of the victim, Akinseye is her stepfather, reports The PUNCH. The duo were alleged to have had carnal knowledge [&hell...
Suspected kidnappers have allegedly abducted a 60-year-old woman, Talatu Ali, from the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Dawanau in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State. The incident, it was gathered occurred, while she was awaiting medical consultation, reports Daily Trust. According to counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, the vic...
•Khadijat and Balkis at work Khadijat and Balkis Ore, students of Government Secondary School, Maraba area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, are the new sensation in Ilorin given their expertise as vulcanisers. Especially remarkable is the ease with which the two teenage secondary school girls, aged 13 and 15 respectively, fix faulty vehicle...
The Nigerian Cancer Society ( NCS) says the high rate of health worker-migration popularly called ‘ Japa’ syndrome is impacting on the number of oncologists attending to cancer patients in the country . President of the society, Prof. Abidemi Emmanuel Omonisi, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the society’s commemoration of the World Ca...
•Bandits A medical doctor while on duty last night was shot by rampaging bandits who invaded the Kankara General Hospital in Katsina State, North-West Nigeria. The marauders shot the doctor, Murtala Saleh, in the right thigh, while one Kamala Suleiman, was injured on the knee, reports Channels TV. The police said both victims are currently [&h...
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