HEALTHWISE

BY WALE ISHOLA   ‎Are you a man and you have been using unnatural aphrodisiac to enhance your sexual performance? Then it is time to stop and embrace something natural – bitter kola. ‎Apart from sex, bitter kola can also been consumed as a stimulant. The seeds have also been used …

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED LAGOS, NIGERIA – Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Chief Tony Okoroji, has debunked the news circulating that Nigeria’s juju music superstar, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, recently suffered a stroke and had passed on. Chief Okoroji explained: “I spoke with the celebrated ‘Miliki’ King and Evangelist of …

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED ILARO-YEWA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – Residents of Ilaro-Yewa in Ogun State have urgently appealed to the Federal, State, and Local Governments to intervene and address a worsening environmental and public health issue involving the Ilaro Correctional Centre. According to several inhabitants of the historic town, the facility …

LAGOS, NIGERIA, JULY 24, 2025 – In commemoration of World Blood Donor Day and World Sickle Cell Day 2025, Access Holdings, one of Africa’s leading financial services groups, successfully executed a group-wide blood drive across six African countries, reinforcing its commitment to improving health outcomes and driving real impact in the …

… Child Diagnosed With Life-Threatening Congenital Condition BY PETER OLANIYAN ILARO-YEWA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – The Radio and Television Callers Association, Ogun West Chapter, Ilaro, is appealing on behalf of a widow, Mrs. Shadiat Adigun, for urgent financial assistance for her 3-year-old son, Master Adigun Jamal, who is currently undergoing …

ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – The Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Oba (Prof.) Saka Matemilola, says his passion for awareness on cervical cancer prevention is to secure healthy living and safe motherhood for teenage girls. The monarch revealed this in his palace at Oke Ago-Owu, Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital, during a capacity …

ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – The Ogun State Government in collaboration with the Society for Family Health (SFH), has called on women of reproductive age to adopt the usage of Family Planning in order to avoid unwanted pregnancies and support child spacing. This was advocated in a Bi-annual review meeting …

SAUDI ARABIA – Prince Al-Waleed bin Khalid Al Saud, long dubbed the “Sleeping Prince,” has reportedly regained consciousness after spending two decades in a coma following a tragic car accident. In 2005, while studying at a military college in London, Prince Al-Waleed sustained a traumatic brain injury during a car …

ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – The Ogun State College of Nursing Sciences has commenced the sale of application forms for the 2025 Post-UTME Computer-Based Screening into the 2025/2026 academic session. According to a release signed by the Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, the application window opened on …

ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – The Chairman, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Ogun State Branch, Pharm. Adewale Adenugba has reaffirmed the commitment of the society to health and well-being of the people through effective policy advocacy, professional ethics, capacity building, and innovations.  Pharm. Adenugba who made this known in a …