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By Editor A human rights lawyer, Barrister Badamasi Gandu, has accused the Kano State Police Command of attempting to cover up the circumstances surrounding the death of a Civil Defence officer, Mustapha Small, during a clash between...
By Babangida Amadu   The management of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has appealed to the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) to urgently restore electricity supply to the facility after a recent disconnection reportedly led to the death...

W.H.O approves first-ever vaccine for malaria, including for children

By Salim Yunusa   Amid the ongoing battle against Covid-19, the World Health Organization has approved the first ever vaccine against another deadly disease – Malaria....

Kano govt shuts down illegal traditional medicine center

By Salim Yunusa   The Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) in its ongoing campaign to sanitize the private health sector in the state,...

NAFDAC warns against killer vegetable drugs

By Salim Yunusa   The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against the consumption of vegetable oil drugs that...

Cholera kills 100 in Jigawa

By Salim Yunusa   The Jigawa State Government has confirmed the death of 100 persons as a result of a cholera outbreak in 19 local governments...

Only seven out of 5,349 medical labs in Nigeria meet international standard

By Salim Yunusa Only seven out of the over 5,349 medical laboratories in Nigeria meet the ISO 15189 international accreditation standards of the International Organisation...

9 family members die in Zamfara after taking contaminated meal

By Salim Yunusa   Nine family members die after taking a poisonous meal at Jangeme village in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An uncle to...

Dr. Fauci emerges Time Magazine’s Guardian of the Year

By Nasir Isa Seventy-nine years old Dr. Anthony Fauci has been awarded the Time Magazine's Guardian of the Year for 2020. He won the award...

“It is immoral for leaders to seek medical treatment overseas” – Shehu Sani

No president or governor has the moral standing of going outside Nigeria in search of medical care. Senator Shehu Sani, who represented Kaduna Central...

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