In a surprise ruling, an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted six men charged with breach of public peace during the 2020 #EndSARS protest. The defendants, Daniel Joyinbo, Adigun Sodiq, Kehinde Shola, Salaudeen Kamilu, Sodiq Usseni, and Azeez Isiaka, had pleaded guilty to the charge in a plea bargain agreement. However, instead…
On Thursday, Thailand reported Asia’s initial case of a new, more lethal mpox strain in a European patient from Africa. The 66-year-old man, who arrived in Bangkok on August 14, exhibited symptoms and was promptly hospitalised. Laboratory tests confirmed he was infected with mpox Clade 1b. “The Department of Disease Control has confirmed the presence…
The Take-It-Back movement, one of the organizers of the recent 10-day nationwide protest in Nigeria, has vowed to relaunch the protest on October 1 if their demands are not fully addressed. Despite increasing human rights abuses and crackdown on opposition, the movement’s Director of Mobilisation, Damilare Adenola, confirmed that their strategy and objectives remain unchanged….
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confiscated three petrol tankers in Lagos State that were illicitly transporting edible vegetable oil. According to NAFDAC’s post on X, the oil was transferred from a depot into the tankers, which had previously been used for carrying petroleum products. In an attached video…
Professor Monsuru Adeleke, a public health Entomologist, has called on governments and policymakers to adopt integrated vector control strategies to combat malaria and other vector-borne diseases in Africa. Deliverying an inaugural at Osun State University’s (UNIOSUN), titled “Unending War of Man Against Mosquitoes and Blackflies: A Tale of Two Sacrificial Lambs Searching for Survival,” Adeleke…
A concerning link between type 2 diabetes and an increased risk of fractures in older women has been highlighted by medical experts, who warn of a significant health challenge for the aging population. Type 2 diabetes, characterized by insulin resistance and high blood sugar levels, is known to cause various complications, with its impact on…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, denounces as false, the report by the online news platform, Sahara Reporters, alleging that N54billion forfeited by some associates of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele was “shared” among certain ministers and aides of President Tinubu, in collaboration with EFCC officials”….
From Anambra to Nasarawa, from Kwara to Kogi, from Lagos to Taraba, from Ekiti to Edo, from Akwa Ibom to Benue, and from Sokoto to Kano, Food poisonings is real. Almost in every part of the country cases of suspected food poisonings are reported. Families are despatched to their early graves after supposedly sumptuous meals….
Preparations for the final burial of the late Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, a former chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC is are being made, a family source has said on Wednesday. Speaking on phone in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, with Africa Health Report in Abuja, the source who described the…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced a groundbreaking agreement with Bavarian Nordic, the sole global producer of Mpox vaccines, to transfer technology and enable African manufacturing of the vaccines. Dr. Jean Kaseya, Director-General of Africa CDC, made the announcement during a weekly Mpox media briefing on Tuesday. Kaseya expressed…
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