Medical experts have warned of the spread of the untreatable variant of tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria.

A sudden jolt, then a frigid fight for life. “Only God would save me,” Becky Musa would tell her fellow actors. A member of Collective Artistes, in 1989, she was diagnosed with a life-threatening ailment that required urgent medical treatment abroad. The cost of treatment then was $30,000. Becky was pummeled by what Dr. Ogunaike,…

Pained by the unfortunate collapse of a three-storey building at 14, Massey Street, Lagos Island on Wednesday, March 13, where about 20 people, including school pupils...

As the World Kidney Day is observed on Thursday March 14, 2019, Nigerians have been advised to adopt a healthy lifestyle and regularly visit their doctors to prevent kidney diseases.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, re-arraigned former Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Martins Thomas, at the Federal High Court, Lagos for allegedly laundering $2,198, 900. He was re-arraigned alongside one Kabiru Sidi, a Bureau De Change operator, before Justice Ayokunle Faji on an amended seven-count charge of money laundering…

The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), has said policies must be made to attract the best brains to teach in the nation’s ivory towers.

The Lagos State police command yesterday disclosed that the suspected leader of the thugs that invaded polling units in last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections...

*NSIA-LUTH centre part of govt’s investment to address treatment challenges, says Buhari Every year Nigerians spend over $1,000,000,000 (N360 billion) on medical tourism with cancer care accounting for $400,000,0000 (N144 billion). To reverse this trend the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) invested $10,000,000 (N3.6 billion) in establishing a cancer centre at the Lagos University Teaching…

The school of Health Information Management Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos has matriculated 94 students for both Higher National Diploma...

To ensure uninterrupted power supply in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Uche Orji, has inaugurated CETPower, an Independent power plant with over 5.8MW capacity in the hospital. Orji, who commissioned the plant on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, said: “Under the stewardship of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority-Lagos University Teaching Hospital (NSIA-LUTH) cancer treatment centre and over 5MW LUTH independent power plant in LUTH, Idi-Araba, Lagos. The world class Cancer Treatment project is a Public Private Partnerships meant to bridge the Infrastructural Gap in public institutions and provide Nigerians an affordable healthcare to…

Cancer Aware Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), in collaboration with Oncology and Radiology Department, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), has organised free cancer screening for staff members of the hospital and residents of the area. The screening, which held at the hospital premises, in Idi-Araba, Lagos, at the weekend, was to mark 2019 World Cancer…