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Sixty-eight students from Edo State University, Uzairue, have officially become nurses in Nigeria. They joined the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) as part of their journey.The students finished their studies in the Nursing Department of the university....

Esther Oyewole, a top dietitian at the Federal Medical Center in Abeokuta, says people in Nigeria should eat more fruits and vegetables. If they don't, they might get sick and get a type of sickness called colon cancer.She shared...

Peter Obi Supports Nurses and Professionals Seeking Opportunities AbroadPeter Obi, a former leader from Anambra and a recent presidential hopeful, believes nurses and other skilled workers should follow their dreams, even if it means going overseas. He spoke about...

Dr. Aisha M Z Anka, who is the Health Commissioner in Zamfara State, shared some exciting news. Zamfara has gone one whole year without any new cases of the polio virus!She mentioned this at a special meeting in Gusau,...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has found more people getting sick from a disease called Lassa fever in week 39 of 2024. Two states, Ondo and Edo, reported nine new cases.The NCDC shared this news on their...

The Nigeria Optometrist Association (NOA) says that many kids around the world struggle to see clearly because of vision problems they don’t know they have. This problem is called uncorrected refraction error.Recently, NOA launched a program to check children’s...

World Sight Day is a special day to think about our eyes and take care of them. It happens every year in October. This year, on October 10, doctors said it’s very important to check our eyes early if...

The United Nations Children’s Fund, known as UNICEF, shared some important information. They said that 75 out of 100 new cases of HIV in teenagers around the world happen in girls.Celine Lafoucriere, who works for UNICEF in South West...

The Yobe State Ministry of Health and Human Services put together a five-day training session. This session is all about planning for the health sector in Yobe for the year 2025.Dr. Babaga Kundi Machina is an important person...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, confirmed eight new cases of Mpox last week.This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 48, out of 868 suspected cases, across 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory...