By Gom Mirian The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged Ministries of Health to prioritize oral health as part of NCDs and UHC agendas and increase political and financial commitment to make a paradigm shift from treatment-oriented oral health care into more prevention and promotion approaches to address oral health inequality. The organization also…
[ad_1] Malawi faces an increased risk of a surge in cholera cases following the devastation caused by Cyclone Freddy that has destroyed water systems and toilets, the health ministry warned Monday. The country was already battling its deadliest cholera outbreak on record when the storm landed last week, causing mudslides and flooding, killing 476 and…
By Juliet Jacob Witnesses said a minor disagreement between soldiers and policemen guarding INEC headquarters in the state snowballed into a crisis that lasted nearly an hour. According to sources, soldiers, who sent policemen away from the INEC collation centre, later invaded police headquarters and chased away police officers on duty. Injured policemen are currently…
Nigeria among 10 countries bearing heaviest burden of child deaths from diseases caused by inadequate WASH By Gom Mirian The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for urgent actions to address the water crisis in Nigeria, saying 78 million Nigerian children are at the highest risk from a convergence of three…
[ad_1] Naomi Chima The family of an undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt, Deborah Doofan, has been thrown into mourning after she died outside the Emergency Ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Surulere, due to a lack of bed space to admit her into a ward in the hospital for prompt treatment….
[ad_1] The results of Saturday’s governorship elections declared so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as of 4am today showed the emergence of new governors in Jigawa, Sokoto and Katsina states. The results also showed that Governors Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe) Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Dapo Abiodun…
[ad_1] The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday adjourned the collation of results in Adamawa State till today amid tension following contention over the result of the Fufore Local Government Area. The state collation officer, Professor Muhammad Lamin Mele, had announced results from 20 out of 21 local government areas before disagreement ensued among party…
[ad_1] The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Peter Nweke, is dead. He died from injuries he sustained during attacks by hoodlums on the governorship and Assembly elections day. Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer, Onome Onovwakpoyeya, who confirmed Nweke’s death, said the PDP chairman…
[ad_1] Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has expressed grief over the death of his nephew, Ahmad Ali, and two police officers who died in an accident Friday night. Late Ali and the two policemen, Nura Safiyanu and Kabir Ali, lost their lives when their vehicle, in the governor’s motorcade, somersaulted into a bridge on…
[ad_1] Some sections of Biu Central Market in Bui town of Borno State have been razed down by an inferno. The fire incident happened Saturday at a time the electorate were exercising their civic rights in the gubernatorial and state assembly elections held across the state. The vice chairman of the Civilian JTF in Biu,…
