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Fifty-one inmates of Yolde Pate Correctional Centre in Adamawa state have been confirmed to be infected with scabies.    According to the state’s epidemiologist, Damba Kwinke, the first case was recorded in August 2023. He further revealed that investigations revealed that some of the individuals held in the Criminal Investigation …

A man who knowingly infected his then-partner with HIV has been extradited to the UK and jailed for only three years after. At Chester Crown Court yesterday, Jamaican-born Jermaine Scott was jailed for three years for the incident after pleading guilty to grievous bodily harm.     Scott had been …

A Twitter user has accused men of the Nigeria Police Force of demanding N100, 000 to investigate the incident of a female friend who was raped and infected with HIV.    In a series of Tweets, @AS_Ahmadu, alleged that after the incident on Ibadan street in Kaduna state, a formal …

Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire has said that nearly 20 million Nigerians are infected with Hepatitis B or C.   Speaking at the launch of the national strategic framework for viral hepatitis and the flag-off ceremony of a nationwide hepatitis awareness campaign, in commemoration of this year’s World Hepatitis Day themed …

More woes for Nollywood actress Halima Abubakar as her colleague Cossy Orjiakor has taken her to the cleaners. In a series of posts shared via her Instagram page on Monday, July 25, 2022, Orjiakor called out Abubakar for all the wrongs she had done in the past.