BAUCHI — The Benue state programme manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control, Dr. Igbabul Ishember says no fewer than 41,000 people in Benue State are at the risk of being infected by Tuberculosis (TB) at the end of 2021. Ishember, who is also the Deputy Director, Public Health, in the Ministry of Health and Human Services, in an interview said, from January to date only 4,135 TB patients representing 28 percent have been identified and placed...

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari says over 12 million Nigerian children, mostly girls, are currently traumatized and afraid of going to school, as a result of the incessant attacks on the education system. The President while flagging off of the 4th International Conference on Safe Schools Declaration in Abuja on Tuesday said the abduction of pupils/students, increased activities of insurgence, and general insecurity in schools had exacerbated factors responsible for the growing number of out-of-school...

ENUGU — Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), in collaboration with the University of Nigeria Medical Students’ Association (UNMSA), on Saturday, screened over 500 women for breast and cervical cancer in Enugu. Dr. Omosivie Ugwu, President of MWAN, Enugu Chapter, said that the programme was aimed at educating and sensitising women on symptoms of breast and cervical cancer, as well as screen women for cancer. Ugwu said the screening was free and part of MWAN’s...

ABUJA — Hajiya Aisha Buhari, Wife of Nigerian President, has urged Nigerians to take action against cancer, as cancer accounts for an estimated 72,000 deaths annually, and 102,000 new cases are diagnosed from its population of about 200 million people in Nigeria. She made the plea at the annual five-kilometer “Walk Away Cancer” organised by Medicaid Cancer Foundation (MCF) at the weekend in Abuja, maintaining that cancer is a major leading health ailment with an...