Not less than seven persons have died as a result of a cholera outbreak in the Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. A statement by the National Emergency Management Agency in a statement shared on its X.com page on Tuesday, also said a total of 71 others have been hospitalised. The development comes…
An Australian genomics researcher, Stefan Mazy, has developed a new cancer screening test, which takes seconds and could save thousands of lives, according to local media on Sunday. The whole process takes under a minute. A second and larger clinical trial is likely to happen within the next six to 12 months, a report said….
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja from the United Kingdom. The Airbus A330 aircraft conveying the President touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 10:40 pm (local time) Sunday. Africa Health Report (AHR) which monitored the development in Abuja, gathered that the President was received by the Minister of the Federal Capital…
Dangote Refinery in a swift reaction to a claim by the spokesman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr Olufemi Soneye, has countered the organization while disclosing that it sold Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to NNPCL in dollars. The Group Chief Branding and Communications Office of Dangote, Mr Anthony Chiejina, made this public…
The National Security Adviser (NSA) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has demanded retraction of he described as “false and malicious allegation” levelled against him by the Edo State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anthony Aziegbemi, that he was plotting to rig the upcoming governorship election in the state. The party chairman had, in a statement…
A health official in Uganda has said that mpox caseload rises to double-digit, emphasizing, “All of patients are infected with clade 1b strain of virus, which is believed to be deadlier variant that can spread through skin-to-skin contact”. The director general of the Health Services of the Ministry of Health, Henry Gatyanga Mwebesa, , told…
The Police Service Commission has approved the posting of CP Peter Opara as the substantive Commissioner of Police Federal Capital Territory Abuja. According to the PSC’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani on Saturday, Opara replaces CP Benneth Igwe who has since been promoted to the next rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police,…
Ahead of the commencement of lifting of petroleum from Dangote Refinery, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has deployed over 100 trucks to the refinery. This is just as the Lagos State Government has deployed more traffic personnel to manage the expected surge in traffic along the Lekki-Ajah-Epe corridor. The Federal Government had initially…
Nigerian troops in the South South region of the country fighting crude oil vandals and criminal element have denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of One Billion Three Hundred and Six Million One Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira (N1,306,140.00) only. As the troops remain in a good and strong position in ongoing counter…
The Federal Government has issued an urgent warning about impending flooding along the Niger and Benue rivers. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, issued the alert in Abuja on Friday during a press briefing on the flooding situation in Maiduguri. The warning follows the devastating floods in Maiduguri, Borno State, and…
