It was when he got up for the next guy to take his turn that they discovered the bed was covered in blood! Shit! One of them screamed. She is a virgin, cried another; as if they were rehearsing a script. Frantically, they pulled me up and one of them threw me a towel while another went about packing the bed sheets from the bed.

By Daniel Idonor ABUJA-THE Presidency yesterday distanced itself from claims that the authorities of Equatorial Guinea and Angola where Mr Hery Okah was arrested for gun running before his repatriation and subsequent detention in Nigeria were not properly briefed on the grant of amnesty to him and others by President Umaru Yar’Adua before his release […]

…to sanction erring officials By Oscarline Onwuemenyi Abuja – THE Presidency is “very angry” over the poor implementation of capital budgets by ministries, departments and agencies of government, according to the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement, Engr. Emeka Ezeh. Ezeh, who was speaking yesterday during a meeting with civil society organisations in Abuja, […]

The long neglect to health financing in the country has been identified as one of the major factors militating against efficient health care delivery services in the country.

THE world could be on the verge of a discovery that could provide the necessary avenues for understanding the widely variable nature of rheumatoid arthritis and open the door for new and improved treatment approach for the disorder.

IN furtherance of its commitment to reduce the burden of malaria among children and further deliver on its promise of kicking malaria out of Nigeria and Africa at large, Vestergaard Frandsen, makers of PermaNet, the Long Lasting Insecticide Treated mosquito Net (LLITN) has announced a nationwide consumer promo tagged, “Back to School Promo.”

There was a mild drama yesterday before a Tinubu magistrate’s court, in Lagos Island, hearing the case of threat to life of Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, Vanguard Newspapers General Manager, (Publication), when the two handsets earlier seized from the two accused persons and admitted as court’s exhibits failed to work.

The Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board has been urged to initiate research on traditional medicine with a view resolving some efficacy problems arising from the practice of herbal medicine.

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Buoyed by the successes of the first phase of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) project, Federal Government is extending the project to six other States in the country.

ACUPUNCTURE and excercise can now be adopted by Nigerian women as well as other women who are seeking relief for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a common condition among women.

Ekaette Udoh, a mother of two would be alive today if only she had obtained ante natal care during pregnancy. But she never did because she lacked the finances. She did not bother about registering in any hospital until the day she fell into labour.