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Dr Biodun Ogungbo, a Neurosurgeon based in Abuja, on Thursday recommended exercise as a preventive mechanism against stroke.

The Esan West Local Government Council Chairman, Mr. Patrick Aguinede, has been accused by one of the aides to Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, Mrs. Maris Igbons, of sponsoring thugs to beat her up in her shop for allegedly extending her shop without council approval.

The family of late Senator Isiaka Adeleke and the management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, have disagreed on who took the body of the late politician to the hospital for autopsy.

Men have more heart problems than women with death rates doubling after age 40, Janet Ajuluchukwu, a professor of cardiology at the College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba has said.

Orits Williki, a close friend of the late Ras Kimono, says the Reggae star was happy in his final hours.

The Enugu State Government has announced the passing on of Mr. Uwakwe Abugu, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor.

A suspected motorcycle thief, whose identity could not be ascertained, on Monday, stabbed a commercial motorcyclist, identified as Kabiru Labaran, 23 at Tunga Magaji village, in Koko-Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi State.

Two trigger-happy policemen who shot at a 33-year-old man, Blessing Obaro Ozoka, and his cousin at popular hotel along the DSC expressway in Udu local government area of Delta state last weekend have been detained at the Command headquarters in Asaba.

House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara on Saturday pledged to support the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Abuja with adequate food supply.

The Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, Saturday urged women in the state to always take their children to the hospital for routine immunisation.

Patients at Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja have lamented the unavailability of doctors at the hospital to attend to patients especially in emergency cases even as the debilitating strike by JOHESU continues unabated.

The federal government has reportedly not refunded the £200,000 used in the treatment of the late former Vice-President Alex Ekwueme.

The Lagos State Police Command, on Wednesday, warned hospital authorities against the rejection of gunshot victims or the attitude of asking for Police report before treatment.

Tragedy befall a family in Bauchi on Saturday as the breadwinner of the house, Mr Salihu Yahaya, a businessman, lost his life trying to save his wife from being electrocuted.

The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has commiserated with the family of late Kano businessman and Islamic cleric, Sheikh Isyaku Rabiu, who died at the age of 93 in a London hospital on Tuesday.

Thousands of people including the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, attended the funeral prayer of Kano businessman, late Sheik Isiyaku Rabi’u on Friday in Kano.

A Nigerian woman is suing the United States customs agency after it seized tens of thousands of dollars which was earmarked to build a free medical clinic in Imo state.

The Lagos State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party on Thursday condoled with the former Vice-Chairman (South) of the party, Olabode George, over the death of his son, Dipo.