Dr. Nwaome Nwaogu, a Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, advised parents to moderate sugar and refined carbs gave to children to avoid being diabetic. Nwaogu, a member of the Ask the Paediatrician Foundation, an NGO, gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday, in commemoration of the World Diabetes […]

Dr. Andrew Kwasari, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture, says the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) will create millions of jobs and engender economic growth in Nigeria. Kwasari said this on Thursday at the inauguration of training on the implementation of the pilot programmes under the NLTP held in Jalingo. Kwasari, who is […]

Sen. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, has called for adequate funding to improve health sector performance in the country. Oloriegbe made the call at the third Annual Legislative Summit on Health in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the summit is: “Efficiency in the health sector and […]

Ojulari Faridah About 1 in 9 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime. Prostate cancer has become a global health challenge because of its rising morbidity and mortality rates in males. It was classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018 as one of the most common cancer with 1.28 million […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia Head of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Dr Edith Ugochi Ohaja, has described the proposed bill seeking to place death penalty on anyone convicted of hate speech as a time bomb on the journalism profession in Nigeria. Ohaja said she could not believe that the […]