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By Deo Akinbo Multinational pharmaceutical firm, Merck, today donated 35 million tablets of Praziquantel to help Nigerian health workers treat children infected with Schistosomiasis (or bilharzia), a parasitic disease Merck chief…

First Consultant Medical Centre has officially announced that resident staff and Ebola Survivor, Dr. Ada Igonoh gave birth to a baby girl yesterday.The baby girl weighing 9 pounds 1 ounce was born at the Greater El-Monte Community…

The World Health Organization (WHO) today presented Nigeria a certificate formally delisting it from the Polio-endemic countres. The delisting certificate was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja, the…

A pioneering surgical technique has restored some hand and arm movement to patients immobilized by spinal cord injuries in the neck, reports a new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Like railroad switchmen, the…

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1,200 children die daily from malnutrition in Nigeria. A media workshop on malnutrition organised by the United Nations Children Fund, (UNICEF), kicked off this morning at Channel View hotel, Calabar amidst startling revelation that no…

Participants at the workshop this morning The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) is currently holding a 2-day media workshop on malnutrition at Channel View Hotel, Calabar, Cross River State. The workshop is expected to  update…

Visiting UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon this morning laid a wreath at the UN House in Abuja to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the deadly attack on UN staff by Boko Haram. At least 24 people died when a bomb-laden car exploded…

Visiting UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon has met with 12 state governors. He emphasised  the crucial roles the governors must play in ensuring sustainable development, especially in view of  their closeness to the people at the…

UN Secretary General Nigeria Mr. Ban Ki-Moon arrived Nigeria earlier today with a 7-man delegation, including the UN Representative for West Africa, Mr. Ibn Chambers.