[ad_1] A fire outbreak has razed shops at a popular commodity market, Singer Market, in Kano State. The fire, according to eyewitnesses, started mid night, but it couldn’t be controlled until around 8am. Firefighters alongside marketers worked to bring the situation under control and quench the fire from spreading to other places. One of the…
[ad_1] The man nominated as China’s next premier by President Xi Jinping has been formally appointed by Parliament. Li Qiang, the former Communist Party leader of the country’s biggest city of Shanghai, will now lead the government, replacing retiring Li Keqiang. The 63-year-old received almost every vote from more than 2,900 delegates at the National…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro The World Obesity Atlas 2023 report published by the World Obesity Federation has shown that Nigeria is least prepared to deal with the rising Non-Communicable Diseases and obesity globally. The report shows that Nigeria ranks 180 out of 183 countries on the NCDs-Obesity Preparedness Rankings. The ranking system takes account of countries’…
[ad_1] Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba, has called for better medical checks to protect footballers in his native Cote d’Ivoire after the death of a player during a top-flight game. Racing Club d’Abidjan (RCA) defender, Moustapha Sylla, 21, collapsed during the match against SOL FC last Sunday and was pronounced dead on the way to hospital,…
[ad_1] Grace Edema The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital has said there are still 43 victims of Thursday’s train-bus accident on admission to its facilities. LASUTH had on Thursday said it received 102 victims of the train-bus crash for treatment. The Ministry of Health, in a statement on Sunday, titled, ‘Updates on the Bus-Train Accident…
[ad_1] The immediate past Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, will today, deliver a public lecture at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), on “The future of the economy of Ghana”. The event will see the former agriculture minister share insights into building the agricultural sector into bedrock for financing the…
[ad_1] Deborah-Tolu Kolawole Following high-end investigations, the Texas Board of Nursing, United States, has announced that it has charged no fewer than 75 nurses to court over issues bordering on falsification of certificates. On the list posted on the website of the board, 43 of the names were identified as nurses of Nigerian origin. The…
[ad_1] Ghana has received 50,000 anti-Hepatitis C medicines from the Egyptian government to support the ongoing fight against Hepatitis C in the country. The medicines would be given for free to persons living with the condition. The intervention is under the Screening and Treatment Opportunity Project (STOP) for the Hepatitis virus in Ghana, launched in…
[ad_1] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says 10.6 million people, representing 10.8 per cent of the population, used cannabis in the past year. A statement from NAFDAC on Sunday said the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this during the launch and dissemination of the 2022 Annual Report…
[ad_1] By Ijeoma UKAZU Food and nutrition crisis has been listed as one of the major causes of high malnutrition in Nigeria, according to a United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, global report recently released. The report states that about 7.3 million Nigerian women of reproductive age are malnourished. Experts say maternal malnutrition, especially during pregnancy,…
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