MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-LAGOS Pandemonium broke out on Wednesday at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when patients in the hospital protested what they described as the ‘poor treatments’ they are subjected to by management of the facility. It was gathered that a psychiatric doctor, whose identity is yet-to-be ascertained, and three nurses…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nearly 900,000 tea bags from the organic tea brand Yogi are being recalled due to a detectable amount of pesticide on the product, according to an enforcement report posted on the US Food and Drug Administration’s website. The pesticides were discovered during “routine audit procedures,” Yogi said in a statement Friday. “While…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Adamawa State Government on Monday shut down primary and secondary schools following confirmation of a measles outbreak that killed 42 children. On April 28, 2024, SaharaReporters reported how at least 42 children had been reportedly killed in an outbreak of measles in the northeast Nigerian state. SaharaReporters learnt that the disease…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has donated N10 million to the College of Nursing Sciences at St Charles Borromeo Specialist Hospital in Onitsha. The former governor of Anambra state made the generous donation when he visited the facility yesterday. On his X page, Obi…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An outbreak of measles has been reported and confirmed in two schools located in Akpabuyo local government areas of Cross River State. The Commissioner for Health in the State, Dr. Henry Ayuk confirmed the outbreak naming the two schools as Navy Secondary School and Penniel Primary Schools, both cited in the area….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Using marijuana as little as once per month is associated with a higher risk of both heart attack and stroke, according to a large study published Wednesday by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital. The risks rose sharply the more frequently marijuana was used. The paper, which was published in the Journal of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a bid to spotlight the pressing need for healthcare reform in Nigeria, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, Mr. Peter Obi, embarked on a visit to the Tungan Madaki Primary Healthcare Centre in FCT Abuja yesterday, February 15, 2024, coinciding with the World Sick Week. Obi’s…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mystery gastrointestinal illness is spreading aboard a Hawaii-bound cruise ship, sickening at least 154 people as of Saturday, officials said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in the midst of investigating the massive outbreak on the Queen Victoria, operated by Cunard Cruise Line, a British shipping and cruise line…