Medical workers at the Delta state owned hospital in Ojobo, Burutu Local Government Areas of the state had a bitter experience when gunmen stormed the health facility and kidnapped a medical doctor, Wisdom Viotete, early Monday morning. The gang of eight who came into the hospital at about 12:30am through unusual routes in the creek, […]
The Chief Medical Director of San Dominique Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom state has died at the Ibom Specialist Hospital after showing suspected symptoms of COVID-19. Our correspondent gathered that the deceased who is a renowned physiotherapist and lecturer at the Department of Physiology at the University of Uyo had a week-long history of fever, cough […]
The Katsina State Government has confirmed the death of a medical doctor, Dr Aliyu Yakubu, affected by the Coronavirus.The deceased, aged 60, died at the Nigeria Air Force Reference Hospital, Daura three days ago. Gov. Aminu Masari, who made the disclosure at a press conference on Tuesday in Katsina, said that the deceased, owned a […]
Dr Bashir Zubayr, a medical doctor with Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano has been kidnapped along Lokoja-Okene federal highway. Mr Zubayr was abducted alongside his two younger brothers and a younger sister at Irepeni 20km West of Lokoja on Wednesday afternoon. According to eyewitnesses, the doctor’s car was sighted at Irepeni with the doors left […]
The Zamfara State Police Command, has confirmed that the missing expatriate, Jeng Sunail, a medical doctor, might have been abducted by bandits. In a press statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mohammed Shehu, the police said Sunail was reported missing at the Tsafe Divisional Police office by one of his colleagues, Dr. […]
…Hold FG responsible over doctor’s death- PDP There are strong indications that about 30 persons have been placed on surveillance following the death a medical doctor and a child said to have died from diseases suspected to be Lassa fever. The Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, Abia State, Dr Abali Chiku, who spoke […]
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 […]
The Cross River Government on Monday said it had offered free medical services to no fewer than 300 Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) patients in the state from 2012 to date. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang Asibong, disclosed this on Monday in Calabar. Asibong said that the patients were treated at the VVF centres […]
The increasing rate of suicide cases in the country in recent times has shown that all is not well with the mental health status of many Nigerians. The nation is still shocked at the news of a medical doctor, named Allwell Orji who took his own life two Sundays ago, by jumping into the Lagos […]
The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a lady in Agbor, Delta state, for drugging her man friend, a medical doctor, in a hotel in Ojodu area of Lagos and carting away his car, laptop and mobile phone. The lady, Mitchel Harrold, 37, from Warri, Delta […]