[ad_1] Lara Adejoro The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, said the agency had an emergency meeting in Jigawa state over the meningitis outbreak in the state. Dr. Adetifa said the Emergency Operation Centre meeting reviewed the response, identified challenges, and proffered solutions to the outbreak. The…
[ad_1] Faith Ajayi The Chief Executive Officer of My Surrogate Twins Agency, Judith Akinwunmi, takes FAITH AJAYI through her infertility journey and how she had children via surrogacy Why did you choose surrogacy as a means of becoming a mother? Every time I got pregnant, it ended up in miscarriage before the second trimester. Since I could…
By Juliet Jacob The Bayero University Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Kano, has secured the funding of its Agricultural programmes from World Bank and other donour agencies to the tune of $36m. Professor Sagir Adamu, the Vice-Chancellor of the University disclosed this during a pre-convocation briefing, in Kano. According to him, the centre has…
By Juliet Jacob THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to “promptly seek authorisation from the ICC Chamber to commence an investigation into the situation in Nigeria in relation to the growing cases of pre-election violence.” In a statement on Sunday, SERAP’s deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare…
By Hasan John In an effort to ensure the smooth implementation of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Act, the Federal Government has inaugurated a committee that will draft the operational guidelines of the new Act. It would be recalled that on May 19, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari, announced on his twitter handle…
53 Lassa Fever Deaths in Same Period By Kazeem Biriowo Nigeria has recorded 763 (501 male, 261 female) confirmed cases of Monkeypox diseases from 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, as of January 1, 2023. This is according to the latest epidemiological data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo A Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Ignatius Onimawo, has said that it is dangerous to overheat cooking oils, warning that eating foods cooked with such oil increases the risk of heart attack, hypertension, and stroke. Prof. Onimawo, a former Vice-Chancellor, of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, said overheating vegetable oil converts…
[ad_1] The current naira scarcity, occasioned by the currency swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is taking a toll on healthcare services across the country. Patients are increasingly denied access to care at health facilities as many of the facilities operate mainly cash-only systems or have poor e-payment systems. These facilities turn…
[ad_1] Anthony Ademiluyi Eye care specialists have urged Nigerians, especially those with a family history of glaucoma to go for periodic eye checks to prevent sudden and irreversible blindness from the eye condition. The ophthalmologists say while there is no known cause of glaucoma often referred to as sudden blindness, those with a family history…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo A Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Ignatius Onimawo, has said that it is dangerous to overheat cooking oils, warning that eating foods cooked with such oil increases the risk of heart attack, hypertension, and stroke. Prof. Onimawo, a former Vice-Chancellor, of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, said overheating vegetable oil converts…
