MTN Nigeria Flags Of Anti-Drug Abuse Campaign

MTN Nigeria has embarked on a campaign to fight against the high rate of substance abuse in the country.

The numbers of individuals whom got infected with lassa fever since the beginning of year 2019 has rose to two hundred and thirteen (213) this week, out of which 42 of them have died. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) declared the outbreak of the disease after sixty persons were confirmed to have contracted the disease from across the eight states in the first two weeks of January, 2019 alone.

Continuous Skin Bleaching Risks Cancer And Kidney- Related Diseases

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised Nigerians against the use of bleaching or “whitening” chemicals because they are precursors to cancer and kidney malfunction, among others.

President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) advanced Cancer treatment center on Saturday in Idi Araba, Lagos. According to NAN, the cancer center was established to provide proper tertiary healthcare for Nigerian Cancer patients.

Liberia Uncovers Ebola In Bats

Following a routine test by scientists of the Health Ministry in Liberia, the Country's health ministry on Thursday announced that the deadly Ebola virus has been found in a bat. Making the disclosure in Monrovia, the Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Tolbert Nyenswah asserted that Zaire Ebola virus was detected in one bat.

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Resident doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, on Tuesday said they will begin three days warning strike on Jan. 28 over the shortage of house officers and resident doctors at the facility. The President of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD-LASUTH), Dr. Fatai Balogun, who made the disclosure at a news conference in Lagos hinted that the strike would be total.