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Buhari appoints Dr Edet as Medical Director for Calabar Psychiatric Hospital

On April 3, 20209:51 amIn Healthby Victor Ogunyinka

Dr Shehu for FMC Jalingo By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Bassey Eyo Edet as the Medical Director, Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State and Dr Aisha Shehu Adamu, as the Medical Director Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, Taraba State. The appointments were contained in a statement issued by the
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Amotekun: Ekiti NBA advocates mandatory psychiatric test for operatives

On February 17, 20207:59 amIn Newsby Victor Ogunyinka

By Rotimi Ojomoyela THE Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday, advocated a compulsory psychiatric test for the operatives of Ekiti State Security Network Agency called Amotekun. The body said subjecting recruits to such exercise would inject sanity into the conduct and operations of the operatives. NBA said the step became necessary as a result of alleged
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Court remands man in psychiatric facility after pushing woman in front of train

On January 28, 20203:57 pmIn Foreignby David O Royal

A German court on Tuesday ordered that a 28-year-old man, be held in a secure psychiatric facility after pushing a woman in front of a moving train in Germany and killing her. The 34-year-old victim was killed instantly after being struck by the train at a railway station in the town of Voerde in July
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Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba declares war against drug abuse in Lagos

On January 8, 201912:32 amIn Health, Newsby Urowayino Jeremiah

Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, recently tasked new graduates of the International Centre for Credentialing and Education of Addiction Professional (ICCE) to utilise their acquired knowledge to curb drug addiction among Nigerian youths.

Psychiatrist makes case for Occupational Therapists

On January 2, 20184:44 amIn Health, Newsby Urowayino Jeremiah

The Medical Director, Psychiatric Hospital. Yaba, Lagos, Dr Oluwayemisi Ogun, has called for increased attention to occupational therapy as an essential aspect of the overall medical health team in the country.

Murder of sister-in-law: Counsel urges court to place accused in psychiatric home

On October 5, 20175:24 pmIn Newsby vanguard

Mrs O.O Salami, a defence counsel and Director at the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender (OPD), has pleaded with an Ikeja High Court to place Sodiq Abdulkareem, a 39-year-old man, charged with the murder of his sister-in-law, in a psychiatric home.