2+ hour, 49+ min ago   (266+ words) Nigerian author and researcher, Agbolade Omowole, has called on Nollywood to make longevity education and the wellbeing of its practitioners a priority, following a string of deaths involving members of the film industry. Omowole, who researches healthy longevity in Africa,…...

3+ hour, 40+ min ago   (516+ words) By Joseph Erunke, Abuja ABUJA — The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has disbursed more than N1.08 billion to 5,381 students studying nursing and midwifery across 21 institutions under its student financing scheme. The intervention, which covers federal and state nursing and midwifery institutions,…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (678+ words) Recently in Abuja, the intellectual Disability cluster of the Right-in-Action – the Engraced Ones – Prayer Support and Advocacy Initiative, Down Syndrome Foundation of Nigeria, RIA by Maria Autism Foundation, in Abuja, and called for the inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1108+ words) There are cries a maternity ward is trained to hear. The first cry of a newborn is celebrated. The cry of a woman in labour summons nurses, doctors and anxious relatives. There is, however, another cry that often begins after…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (865+ words) By Joseph Erunke, Abuja Nigeria is set to take centre stage in Africa’s battle against infertility as more than 1,000 fertility and reproductive health experts from across the continent, Europe, America and other parts of the world converge on Abuja for…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (490+ words) —Says healthy soil key to sustainable agriculture, food security By Christopher Ameh, Bauchi The Federal Government has urged state governments and other stakeholders to take ownership of the Nigeria Farmers Soil Health Scheme and domesticate it to address soil degradation…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (554+ words) ABUJA- AN emerging Nigerian recording artiste, Lucky Yay!, has launched a digital campaign, “One More Minute,” using his emotionally charged song, Tilda, to encourage conversations about grief, human connection and suicide prevention. According to a statment e-Signed by Label Representative,…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (858+ words) UMUAHIA -The Registrar of the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Registration Board of Nigeria, ODORBN, Dr Obinna Edwin Awiaka, has vowed to collaborate with the Abia State Government to tackle quackery in eye care practice, saying residents should no longer be…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (407+ words) ABUJA — Residents of Aboh Mbaise, Ngor Okpala and Ihitte-Uboma Local Government Areas of Imo State have welcomed the commencement of major reconstruction and upgrade works at their general hospitals. Community leaders and jubilant residents described the development as a significant…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (911+ words) —50 hospitalised as government bans sales, consumption —Police, health officials probe deaths By Dayo Johnson, Akure AKURE — The death toll from suspected consumption of herbal drinks in parts of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State has risen to 30, while 50 others…...