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Stroke prevention and other health benefits of farting
Farting is considered an inappropriate and unacceptable social behaviour but you would be surprised it has amazing health benefits. It…
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NAFDAC seeks death penalty for drug peddlers
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has proposed the death penalty for drug peddlers. …
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Retirement age for Nigerian doctors, healthcare workers now 65 years
President Bola Tinubu has approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare workers from 60 to…
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Chikwe Ihekweazu appointed acting WHO regional director for Africa
A former director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has been appointed as the acting regional…
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WHO meets as it grapples with depleted budget over US withdrawal
The executive board meeting of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday was set to take on an atmosphere of…
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Nigeria on alert as Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak, says NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed the country on high alert following the confirmation of…
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NAFDAC seals 250 factories producing fake Hennessy, Coca-Cola, others in Abia
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has shut down the infamous Cemetery Market in Aba,…
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122m Nigerians at risk of tropical diseases
About 122 million Nigerians are at risk of one Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) or another and many Nigerians need preventive,…
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Nigeria tagged ‘world capital of skin bleaching’
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, on Wednesday decried the increasing use of skin-lightening…
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Striking doctors challenge Wike, Akpabio to use Abuja hospitals
Striking resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have challenged FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Senate President Godswill Akpabio…
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