The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja in Kogi, has confirmed three cases of Lassa fever with one recorded death at the facility in the last one week. Dr Bernard Ododo, Head of Clinical Services of the medical centre, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lokoja. Ododo told NAN that five suspected cases of Lassa fever were reported in the hospital in the last one week, out...

The National Hospital says it has been recording high patronage on knee and hip replacement surgeries since 2015. Dr Umaru Habila, an Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon with the hospital disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Habila, also a Chief Consultant and Associate Professor at the hospital, said that the increase in patronage was as a result of the economic situation in the country. Total kneel replacement...