[ad_1] Lara Adejoro The only vaccine against HIV being tested nearing the completion of testing trials has proved ineffective, its manufacturer has announced. Known as Mosaico, the trial was the product of a public-private partnership including the US government and the Janssen Pharmaceuticals. HIV is a virus that gradually attacks the immune system, which is…
[ad_1] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said that the death toll from Diphtheria disease across the country was now 34, as Kano State registered 100 cases. The NCDC, via its official website on Sunday, said that the deaths were between December 2022 and early January 2023; they were also…
[ad_1] Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said God will not forgive elected leaders at all levels who have failed to use public resources to deliver developmental projects in the society. The governor stated this at weekend while addressing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters and other residents held at Misau township stadium. Mohammed said…
[ad_1] The Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, has called for diligence in reviewing twenty-four draft standards on African Traditional Medicine to ensure their implementability in Nigeria when adopted. Director General of SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, made the call on Thursday in Abuja, at the 13th Technical Meeting of the National Mirror/Technical Committee on African Traditional…
[ad_1] Adekunle Sulaimon …as deaths reach eight, confirmed cases of 81 Edo State has recorded 10 more cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confirmed persons in the state to 81, with eight deaths. Briefing journalists in Benin City at the weekend, the Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, said the…
[ad_1] For over five years, Rabi Umar has been coming to Yan Kaba market on a daily basis to sell tomatoes and other vegetables. She said it was the only trade she could rely on if she was to take care of her five children, whose father died six years ago. For Rabi, selling tomatoes…
[ad_1] The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has pledged the support of the Ministry of Transportation to the Nigerian Ports Authority on its initiatives on staff welfare. Sambo pledged at the 2022 Year Long Service/Merit Award of the Nigerian Ports Authority. The Minister further congratulated awardees and the entire workers of the NPA…
[ad_1] Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to reverse the unlawful, unjust, and unreasonable increase in electricity tariff, and to probe the spending of public funds as ‘investments and bailouts’ to DisCos and GenCos since 2005.” Joined in the suit as Respondents are…
[ad_1] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that Edo, Ondo, and Bauchi states account for 84 per cent of Lassa fever infections in the country. The Director-General, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said this in an Interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Adetifa said that…
[ad_1] The Kano State Government has confirmed the outbreak of Diphtheria in 13 Local Government Areas of the state. The state commissioner for Health, Dr. Aminu Tsanyawa, stated this at a briefing on Diphtheria and Lassa fever outbreaks in the state on Saturday. He said that 100 suspected cases have been recorded out of which…
