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The Federal Medical Centre Lokoja (FMC) has been upgraded to Federal Teaching Hospital and has paved way for the award of Bachelor of Medecine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) to medical students in Federal University Lokoja (FUL). This…

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) in partnership with Ondo State Agency Against Gender Based Violence (OSAA-GBV ) on Thursday has sensitised Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) on the Violence…

In commemoration of this year’s World Tuberculosis Day (WTD) in Nigeria, activities are in top gear as the Nigerian government and its partners renewed their commitment to the global fight against Tuberculosis, a disease that has affected…

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Christianah Adeyeye has said that Nigeria will not support the trend of legalisation of cannabis for non-medical use as the country…

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new standards on Tuesday to reduce levels of harmful so-called “forever chemicals” found in public drinking water. This move targets polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued an alert to the public, warning them on defective tetracycline hydrochloride ophthalmic ointment. The notification which is contained in a public alert…

World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that 37 African countries are facing health worker shortages and no less than 55 countries are struggling with serious health worker shortages as they continue to seek better paid opportunities in…

Nigeria's Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government has laid a strong foundation upon which the health sector could continue to build resilient institutions, as part of measures to cushion the effects of brain drain…

The Federal Government has reappointed the Chief Medical Director of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Jesse Otegbayo, for another term of four years. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), approved the…

Twenty-one more survivors of last Thursday’s train-bus collision in Lagos have been discharged. Their discharge yesterday brings to sum total of 53, the total number of injured civil servants being conveyed in the bus to their office when…