The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has disclosed that 8,246 inmates in its custodial centres are battling mental health conditions. Glory Essien, Assistant Controller General of Corrections (Medical Services), made this known at a public hearing of the Independent Investigative Panel on Alleged Corruption, Abuse of Power, Torture, and Other Inhumane Treatment by the NCoS, in […]
Umoh Michael, a doctor with the Lagos State Teaching Hospital (LUTH), has died after allegedly working for 72 hours. Dr Michael died on September 17 after being on a 72-hour-call in the Neurosurgery Unit. He was said to have been on call for the duration before arriving home on Sunday morning for church service and […]
Operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team(IRT)have arrested two brothers; Akinola Akeem and Muyiwa Akeem and their native doctor, Odunta Moses, who were members of a notorious robbery gang that had been terrorizing Ijebu Mushin area of Ogun State for a long time. The suspects were said to have been rounded up recently after they […]
Bucharest – A Romanian court has handed a one-and-a-half-year suspended jail sentence to an emergency doctor for negligence before the death of Dinamo Bucharest’s Cameroonian midfielder Patrick Ekeng in May 2016. Ekeng collapsed on the field after suffering a heart attack, shortly after coming on as a second half substitute during a domestic league match, […]
Calabar – The Cross River Government says it has suspended Dr Offiong Okoho, over an alleged unprofessional practices leading to the death of Prince Otu-Otu Duke, a patient under his care. Duke, who was the Special Adviser to Gov. Ben Ayade on Waste Management, died on April 3, 2020, after undergoing surgery for hernia at […]
A team of Chinese doctors and experts arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday to assist the country in tackling the coronavirus pandemic. The team, which arrived in Nigeria through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, was received by a Federal Government delegation led by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire. READ ALSO: COVID-19: 5 men docked over […]
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced the doctor who claimed to be behind the world’s first gene-edited babies to three years in prison for illegal medical practice, state media reported. He Jiankui, who shocked the scientific community last year by announcing the birth of twins whose genes had allegedly been altered to confer immunity to […]
Tyga’s hair surgeon,Dr. Craig Ziering’s has gotten a major spike in business since Nicki Minaj and Safaree’s dispute on Twitter. Nicki Minaj got involved in a heated Twitter dispute with her ex-boyfriend, Safaree, who accused the Queens rapper of domestic abuse. Those allegations were quickly overlooked after Nicki claimed Safaree got a hairline transplant from […]
The Federal Medical Center Yola,( FMC) has denied the rumoured outbreak of Lasa fever in the hospital. Head Clinical Services Department Dr. Joel Yohanna made this known while addressing journalists, also said the hospital was working at full capacity and ready to handle any case. While giving an insight into the situation Dr. Yohanna said […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government directly responsible for the avoidable and painful death of Dr. Ndukwu Chizaram of the Federal Medical Center, Umuahia, Abia state. The party said the promising and patriotic medical practitioner had to pay the supreme price over avoidable exposure to Lassa […]
The elegant suit of Summit Hotel in the serene of Akowojo, in Egbeda area will come alive on 2nd Dec, 2017 when one of Nigeria social club, Dove Club, that housed many important personalities like doctor, engineers, business tycoons, senior civil servant, bank managers converge at the prestigious hotel to celebrate their day and also […]
Justice Fatun Riman of Federal High Court 2, sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, Friday deferred hearing on fundamental rights enforcement case against the Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Mr. Onofiok Luke, to December 1. Joined in the suit includes the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Department of […]
A veterinary doctor, Dr Mutiu Oladele-Bukola, has advised the Federal and State Governments to provide loans and land to livestock farmers to boost food production. Oladele-Bukola of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, made the call on Wednesday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. According to […]
At least 11 persons, including a medical doctor, suspected to have been infected with a new viral disease known as monkey pox have been quarantined in Bayelsa. THISDAY learnt that those affected were taken to an isolation centre created at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH) Okolobiri, Yenagoa Local Government Area. The isolation centre […]
A medical doctor, simply identified as Orji has jumped off the Third Mainland Bridge, to his death. According to eye witness accounts, the man reportedly asked his driver to stop on the bridge. Then he opened the door of his Nissan X-trail SUV and jumped into the Lagoon, “The driver parked the car, the doctor […]
WARRI – The Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action / Friends of the Earth ( ERA / FoEN), Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo has said treating environmental issues as ethnic rather than national issues has been a major barrier in tackling the ernomous environmental problems facing the country. Dr. Ojo who stated this at an ERA […]