SEVENTEEN persons, including a lawyer, have been arrested in Asaba, Delta State, over alleged cult activity.

ANAMBRA State government has distributed hospital equipment and drugs procured at a cost of N75 million to 15 general hospitals located in various parts of the state.

The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, secretariat in Ebonyi has been sealed by the state Police Command.

Pharmacists under the auspices of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) want Federal government to halt further attempts to expand frontiers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) operations pending successful redressing of alleged flaws put on record by stakeholders even as it raised alarm over indiscriminate sales of aphrodisiacs in public places in Nigeria.

SOUTH East Christian leaders, yesterday, appealed to governors in the five states of the zone and striking workers in state-owned universities to reach a compromise and call off the strike immediately for the sake of students and future generation.

AS part of on-going effort to accelerate overall pneumonia prevention and reduction of the unacceptably high mortality rate of pneumococcal disorders among Nigerian children, Pfizer Specialties is introducing Prevenar 13 – its brand of the PVC 13 pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into the Nigerian market.

Undoubtedly, improper disposal of medical waste in the country has become a public health concern. It used to be common sight to see all kinds of medical waste being littered anywhere, but today, the story is changing as some States’ waste management authorities and health institutions have developed regulatory approach to ensure proper management of hazardous waste.

The Lagos State government has stated that the rationale behind the closure of Idumota drug market was necessitated by the persistent defiance of government’s stipulated regulation on drug production, importation, manufacture, sales or display for sales, hawking, distribution, adulteration, and possession of drugs by illegal operators.

The former leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, and his associates, have decided to purchase the gubernatorial intent form of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, “in appreciation of his commitment and zeal in turning around the fortunes of the state in the last three years

By Chioma Obinna “Hmmmm, is this how my dream of becoming a nurse will end? Do you think there is hope for me? Take a look at me, do I deserve to die at this age? Why me? How can such an illness visit a person like me who cannot afford to fight back financially? […]

Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, has said with the official unveiling of Delta State laws yesterday, the state had formally severed itself from the laws of defunct Bendel State.

NIGERIANS seeking medical treatment from health facilities in India and Pakistan may be at risk of contracting a new superbug infection that is said to be resistant to virtually all known antibiotics.

First Hydrocarbon Nigeria, FHN, in which Afren holds a 45 percent interest, said it has entered into Definitive Agreements with a number of International Oil Companies, IOCs.

Anglo-Dutch Shell local unit in Nigeria has said it will continue to invest in oil and gas exploration and production, despite the challenges in the operating environment.

Elswedy Electric Nigeria Limited, a joint venture firm between the Lagos State Government and an Egypt_based power firm said it plans to invest about $120million or N18billion in the nation’s power sector.