Jumoke Olasunkanmi The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued a warning regarding the potential deterioration of visibility in certain northern states due to the influx of dust from haze originating in neighbouring regions. According to the agency, in a statement, said stations in Chad and Niger that share a border with Nigeria have reported reduced…
Hadiza Ibrahim and Favour Ozioma Ogbodo report that amidst the prevailing sentiment among the people regarding the effectiveness of palliative measures and programmes by the Federal Government to reduce the financial burden brought upon them by the removal of fuel subsidy, FCT residents are yet to even get any intervention. In response to the controversial…
Gom Mirian The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported that there are now over 1,068 registered cases of Lassa fever across Nigeria. According to the centre, on Tuesday, the cases have been recorded in 112 local government areas across 28 states of the federation. It also indicated that 75 per cent…
Gom Mirian In a desperate bid to combat the alarming surge of Diphtheria cases in affected states, the Federal Government (FG) has issued a stern call to governors to swiftly implement face-covering requirements, including the mandatory use of face masks, to stop further transmission. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, National…
Jumoke Olasukanmi Recently released data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the North-Central parts of the country recorded the highest number of road traffic crashes (RTC) in the third quarter of 2022 with 1,169 cases and the highest number of casualties numbering up to 3,086. It was followed by the South…
Favour Ogbodo The proposed strike by labour unions which was scheduled to commence today has been suspended. This is to allow the government implement a memorandum of agreement reached between the Federal Government (FG), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Monday on ways to ease the effect of fuel subsidy removal…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi The executive members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has risen from its emergency meeting on tomorrow’s scheduled nationwide strike. It will meet government representatives shortly before the outcome of the meeting will be made public. The NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC) were scheduled to lead workers in a strike tomorrow in…
Gom Mirian The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, to be used to prevent malaria in children. The vaccine received approval following the recommendations made by the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on IImmunisation (SAGE) and the Malaria Policy Advisory Group (MPAG). Malaria is a significant health problem, with roughly…
Gom Mirian The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have signed a four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to prevent substance abuse and promote clean sports. The MOU was signed in Geneva, Switzerland, by WADA President, Witold Bańka, and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. It is to run until October 1,…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has issued a warning regarding the active spread of the Circulating Variant Polio Virus Type 2 (cVPV2), saying children who have not received the required vaccinations or booster shots are more vulnerable to it. Although Nigeria was declared free from the Wild Poliovirus in 2020,…
