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Mar

13

2023

Another 25 Nigerian nurses face forgery charges in the US

Education, Health, Lifestyle, Metro, NewsAmerica, Education, Health, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria, Nurses

Following high-end investigations, the Texas Board of Nursing, United States, has announced that it has charged no fewer than 75 nurses to court over issues bordering on falsification of certificates. On the list posted on the website of the board, 43 of the names were identified as nurses of Nigerian origin. The PUNCH had in February reported that 18 Nigerian nurses in the US were charged with certificate forgery. The US authorities had said that list would be updated continuously as the board received additional information about “the fraudulent diploma/transcript scheme.” Checks by our correspondent revealed that the list had grown…

Mar

11

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Daniel Imo vows to use his experiences, contacts, to resuscitate Arochukwu/Ohafia healthcare system

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Health, Metro, Ohafia, Politics2023, Abia State, Health, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohafia, Opinion, Politics, Rev. Daniel Imo

In furtherance of his reiteration and commitment to the general well being of the good people of Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, the US-Based Businessman, Technocrat, Reverend Gentleman, and foremost APC contender, Rev. Daniel Imo, has vowed that he will employ every tool at his disposal to change the deplorable state of the health care system of the Constituency to ensure good health for all. He made this disclosure in a short message to the people during the just celebrated Easter Holiday, a season that is significant for its all-round healing in the life of every Christian. Rev Daniel Imo In his…

Mar

08

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Organ Harvest Saga: ‘I thought I was being scammed’ – Ekweremadu

Health, LifestyleCrime, Health, Ike Ekweremmadu, Lifestyle, Personality

Embattled former deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, accused of plotting to exploit a man for his kidney, told a London court that he thought he was being ‘scammed’ by doctors. Ekweremadu, 60, is accused of conspiring to facilitate a man's travel to Britain to use him as an organ donor for his sick daughter. A 21-year-old street trader from Lagos was to be paid up to £7,000 in exchange for a kidney, the Old Bailey court heard. He was promised opportunities in the UK to help Ekweremadu’s daughter. Mr Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, 56, daughter Sonia, 25, and medical…

Jan

17

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Netizens Hail Aproko Doctor’s Neurosurgeon, Tayo Ojo

Entertainment, Health, MetroEntertainment, Health, Metro, Nigeria, Personality

The online health influencer had earlier on Monday opened up about his battle with a brain tumour that needed to be taken out. About the surgery, he said that he was advised to travel out of the country but that he opted to have the surgery done in Nigeria and it was done by a Nigerian neurosurgeon. He tweeted a photo of the doctor and said, “It was Dr. Tayo Ojo, a neurosurgeon here in Nigeria, that did the surgery. So many people begged me to leave the country and get the surgery done but something kept me back here…

Dec

04

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Statistics: Buhari spends 225 days on medical trips, visits 40 countries

Health, Lifestyle, Opinion, PoliticsHealth, Lifestyle, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has spent at least 225 days away from the country on medical trips since assuming office in 2015, a Sunday PUNCH investigation has uncovered. On February 5, 2016, eight months after assuming office, the President took his first medical trip to London, the United Kingdom, spending six days. Buhari’s second medical trip would follow four months later on June 6, 2016. He spent 10 days treating an undisclosed ear infection after which he rested for three extra days before returning to Abuja on June 19, 2016. On January 19, 2017, the President embarked on his second-longest…