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Too much consumption of fruits causes diabetes- Consultant Endocrinologist

 A Consultant Reproductive Endocrinologist, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, has cautioned Nigerians against too much consumption of fruits, saying it causes dia

After $7b, 12,000 lives lost to Ebola, West Africa ready for epidemic

Director-general of the West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO), Prof Stanley Okolo, has revealed that over 3,000 frontline epidemiologist, 12 supra re

BREAKING: NHIS boss suspended indefinitely

The governing council, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has suspended the Executive Secretary of the scheme, Prof Usman Yusuf indefinitely to p

‘Virginity testing’ a human rights violation, says UN

A group of United Nations agencies has issued a joint statement calling for a ban on tests meant to assess the virginity of a girl or a woman. The sta

What causes ‘Appollo’?

One after the other, members of Abdul’s family of seven, except one contracted, conjunctivitis, an eye ailment popularly called ‘appollo’. It all star