[ad_1] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has blamed poor and inconsistent reporting of cholera cases from states as one of the major challenges to the country’s response to the cholera outbreak. The NCDC said this in its latest weekly Cholera situation report for weeks 44–47, on Tuesday via its official website. The News…
[ad_1] China called the mounting international restrictions on travellers from its territory “unacceptable” on Tuesday after more than a dozen countries placed fresh Covid curbs on visitors from the world’s most populous nation. The United States, Canada, Japan and France are among the countries insisting all travellers from China provide negative Covid tests before arrival,…
[ad_1] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has blamed poor and inconsistent reporting of cases from states as a major challenge to the country’s response to the cholera outbreak. The NCDC said this in its latest weekly Cholera situation report for weeks 44–47, on Tuesday via its official website. It has been…
[ad_1] Economy Private schools hit middle class with sharp fees increase Tuesday January 03 2023 Education CS Ezekiel Machogu. PHOTO | TONNY OMONDI | NMG Private academies have increased school fees by up to 47 per cent ahead of the new academic calendar starting this month as they move to protect their earnings from a…
[ad_1] A total of 33,870 people in the country tested positive for HIV at the end of the third quarter of 2022 that is from January to September out of which 24,017 were female and 9,853 were male. A total of 9,160 adult males and 693 male children; 23,294 adult females and 723 female children…
[ad_1] Not less than 30 Boko Haram terrorists – including three commanders – have been reportedly killed in fresh airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). According to Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the operation was conducted on Sunday, January 1, around the Sambisa forest. Four Boko Haram camps —…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 16:33, January 03, 2023 TEHRAN, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — With the arrival of the cold season, the air pollution in Iran’s capital Tehran has reached an alarming level and is hazardous for the health of local residents. Domestic and foreign experts pointed out that under the years-long U.S. sanctions, the forced use of…
[ad_1] The Director General of the National Biosafety Management Agency, Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has assured that only safe Genetically Modified Organisms are allowed in Nigeria. Ebegba said this at a media chat with journalists in Abuja. The DG said that the agency has ensured that only safe modern biotechnology activities and GMO products are allowed…
[ad_1] The NGO Alliance on Health Financing, a group of health organisations, has condemned the beverage industry’s attempts to dissuade the government from raising taxes on carbonated drinks. A N10 per litre excise tax on sweetened, carbonated and non-alcoholic beverages was passed in the 2021 Finance Act. “The beverage manufacturers don’t really care about employment…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 10:36, January 03, 2023 The screen shot shows migratory birds at the Hulun Lake wetland in Hulun Buir, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 13, 2021.(Xinhua/Wang Xuebing) HOHHOT, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) — China’s fourth largest freshwater lake in the northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has seen its water area expand, wetland ecology…
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