Health

Nigeria with the highest burden of the sickle cell disease globally is still slow in curbing the preventable disorder. There is no legislation, no national coverage of the genotype screening, and no active policy to aid in…
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By: Ibrahim Adeyemi AT dusk on Friday, Hassan’s daily exploits as an illicit drug peddler are beginning to pick up for the day, amidst a gang of unlearned drug merchants located at their popular spot behind Obalende Bridge in Lagos – the…
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By: Ibrahim ADEYEMI OPEYEMI Jamiu has gulped poisoned pills and he’s about to pop his clogs; the flooding saliva of his mouth has deserted him and his throat totally dry. He’s heavily gasping for breath, suffering from severe…
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WHEN Tanko Gwapna, a 46-year-old civil servant, felt continuous dizziness that affected his work, he had to listen to his wife's advice to visit the hospital. He was earlier treated for Malaria, but the dizziness persisted. Eventually, he…
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Birth registration of children in Nigeria has been low, despite the initiative introduced in 2012 by National Population Commission with the support of UNICEF (Nigeria) to address the problem of low birth registration in the country.  The…
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WITH a big smile on his face and his baby cradled in his arms, a proud father of a newly-born infant and his wife made their way toward the taxi park at the Asokoro District Hospital in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).  The…
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In this investigation, The ICIR reveals how herbal doctors in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja scam cancer patients to buy drugs for a disease that yet has no cure.  HERBAL doctors in Abuja contradict the views of the World…
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ON first encounter, you might think she was due to have a baby. With a protruding belly as big as that of a nine-month-old pregnant woman, Immema John waddled along the street while neighbours and passers-by would call out to her as ‘Mama…
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By Gabriel Ogunjobi In July 2018, Mrs Emeka Jacinth lost her son, Wisdom at the tender age of 13. The widow said her son may not have died of an enlarged spleen, popularly called ‘Apa-afo’ or ‘Nwapa’ among the Igbo, if she was able to…
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