Despite the prevalence of thyroid disease in Nigeria, awareness of the disease has remained low even as the patients encounter challenges seeking treatment due to the unavailability of proper drugs. This is…
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We Need To Raise VAT Rate, Says Presidential Committee
Voice Air Media, VAM News Update THE presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms says there is a need to increase the value-added tax (VAT) rate. Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the…
Foreigners Now Troop Into Nigeria For Medical Treatment – Minister
The Federal government has said the country’s healthcare system is attracting foreign patients, including Indians seeking medical treatments. In an interview on Arise TV, Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji…
Nigerian Govt set for action against rising cost of drugs
Voice Air Media, VAM News Update THE Federal Government has pledged to bring down the soaring cost of medications to make it affordable to Nigerians. The Director-General, National Agency for Food and…
UK-based Nigerian doctor loses license over sex-for-botox exchange
A Nigerian cosmetic doctor based in the United Kingdom, UK, Oluwafemi Tijion Esho, has lost his licence to practise for sexually harassing a patient. Esho demanded sex from a female patient in…
‘Engaging in female circumcision will earn you 4-year jail term’— NAPTIP
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has warned that female circumcision was a crime, which attracted a four-year jail term under the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act,…
Uk Splashes €I billion to global fund in fighting Malaria in Nigeria
Voice Air Media, News Update THE United Kingdom (UK) has contributed £1 billion to the global fund against malaria and other diseases in Nigeria from 2024 to 2026. Ebere Anyachukwu, the health…
Safe motherhood day 2024: DEVCOM, TCI join global community in advancing family planning, maternal health
As Nigeria joins the global community in observing Safe Motherhood Week, we shine a spotlight on the crucial intersection of family planning and maternal health in safeguarding the well-being of mothers and…
WHO: Nigeria first to introduce new 5-in-1 vaccine against meningitis
Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new vaccine – Men5CV – recommended by World Health Organisation(WHO), to protect people against meningitis. The world health…
Disconnection: UCH doctors suspend night shift, begin strike
The University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, has admitted that it owes the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company up to N495m, for which reason the teaching hospital was disconnected from public power supply….