As the ravages of the cholera outbreak continuess like a blistering storm, death toll from the disease has hit 40 as at the last count. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made the announcement even as the country does not have enough vaccines. According to the Director General of NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, Nigeria has…
The Ogun State Government has confirmed that the outbreak of cholera has claimed the life of a 62-year-old woman with five persons hospitalised. The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, said the incident happened in Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area. The Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association in Ogun State, Kunle Ashimi,…
A High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has sentenced Ayegbusi Ojo to life imprisonment over the rape of a minor. Ojo was convicted on Wednesday by Justice J.O. Adeyeye on a lone count offence of rape of a 15-year-old girl. The victim was said to be coming from school when she was waylaid by…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention declared, on Wednesday that it might declare an emergency on the outbreak of cholera in the country. The NCDC Director General, Dr Jide Idris, who spoke in Lagos, said the centre was monitoring the situation and might declare an emergency if data showed that the outbreak…
The United Nations World Food Programme has revealed its plans to support Nigeria and seven other West and Central African countries with food amidst widespread hunger, shortages of food items, and surging prices. In a statement posted on its website on Tuesday, the United Nations food body listed Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali,…
Korede Abdullah, in this report captures the grim hunger situation across Nigeria, in a bid to Fact-Check a recent analysis in the New York Times publication. In the two editions of the New York Times published on June 11 and June 13, 2024, the first one was titled, “Nigeria confronts its worst economic crisis…
Tragedy struck in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital on Tuesday, as gunmen shot dead a ticket collector around Oke Isa Roundabout of the town. The man, who was said to be one of those issuing tickets to commercial motorcyclists around Okesa Roundabout, was reportedly fired upon by unknown assailants who came with another motorcycle and ran…
In recent findings the Nigerian economic situation is facing a serious challenge that economic pundits have yet to find better terms to describe it. But it remains unarguably that food crisis occasioning acute hunger is biting severely in the country, as Korede Abdullah captures in this report. Food Prices Skyrocket Since the last quarter…
The Christian Council of Nigeria, CCN, has expressed worries over the high rate of children living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, in Nigeria. The organization claimed that about 160,000 children were living with HIV in Nigeria, with only 45,000 receiving treatment. The council, therefore, urged the government and other stakeholders to intensify efforts to…
The Chairman of Mile 12 International Market Lagos, Shehu Jibrin has blamed the acute scarcity of tomatoes and peppers leading to more than 500 percent increase prices on insecurity in the country and infestation of diseases. Jibrin made the disclosure during an interview with Channels TV on Monday, monitored by Africa Health Report. In the…
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