Health

By Ebi Kesiena Despite being incarcerated, former South African President, Jacob Zuma has undergone unspecified number of surgeries and remains in hospital with more operations planned. According to prison authorities, Zuma who is serving a 15-month...

By Grace Udofia Despite the Nigerian Government's threat that it will begin the implementation of "No work no pay" to cajole resident doctors under the auspices of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) back to work,...

  By Chioma Iruke Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has advised Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari to redirect the proposed spending of N4.8bn of public money to monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and text messages of...

By Chioma Iruke Nigerian Medical Doctor, Patrick Nwaokwu, has been nabbed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for his involvement in multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud. Mr Nwaokwu, 50, was arrested on July 9, barely 24...

By John Ikani The Federal Government has taken measures to prevent senior doctors under the auspices of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MEDCAN) from joining the ongoing industrial action by the resident doctors....

By John Ikani  The Adamawa State Government has confirmed the re-emergence and detection of circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus, (VDPV) type 2 case in the state. The development comes a year after Nigeria was declared polio-free by...