Floods have blocked some parts of the Command Area in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State causing residents and passersby stranded along with their vehicles. The flood on Tuesday also left a major bridge submerged by floodwaters. Images and footage from the National Emergency Management Agency, obtained by Africa Health Report, (AHR) depicted…
Fire has razed medical equipment, including Maternal and Child care equipment and two million doses of poliovirus vaccine at the Gombe State Medical Store located around Kasuwa-Katako of the state. The incident occurred around 2 am on Monday. Other items gutted by the inferno were consumables. The state governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, who visited the scene…
Cement manufacturers on Monday agreed to sell a 50kg bag of cement at a retail price between N7,000 and N8,000, depending on location nationwide. The Minister of Works, David Umahi disclosed this after a meeting with leading manufacturers in Abuja. The meeting was scheduled to urgently address the spiraling price of the commodity which hit…
The prices of grains like maize, and sorghum have dropped significantly across the states as of Sunday, checks can reveal. Investigations by the media show that as of Sunday, the prices of grains have been dropping in the major producing states. In Taraba, maize prices dropped from N58,000 to N42,000, and other markets in Kano,…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi Nigerians are set to witness another wave of petrol scarcity as the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) announces the withdrawal of operations starting Monday, February 19th. In a letter addressed to the General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), NARTO’s National President, Yusuf Lawal Othman,…
The implications of the search for greener pastures by health services providers in a country are grave. When a nation allows its workforce in the health sector to seek better remunerations and welfare generally, in foreign countries (Oyibo land), because it failed to do the needful for its people, the consequences could be telling. One…
Medicine dealers, manufacturers and importers have been directed to cease supplying drugs to Sabon Gari Market and Niger Street, both in Kano State. The directive was handed in to prevent the circulation of Substandard and falsified medicines in the market. Any organization found not complying with the directive risks losing the site license and product…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola and Kenya risk social unrest owing to the rising prices of fuel and other commodities. The AfDB gave the warning in its macroeconomic performance and outlook for 2024 wherein it projected the continent’s economy to grow higher than the 3.2 per cent recorded in…
In the 2023 Global Hunger Index, Nigeria ranks 109th out of the 125 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2023 GHI scores. With a score of 28.3 on the 2023 Global Hunger Index, Nigeria has a level of hunger that is serious. Data for GHI scores, child stunting, and child wasting are from 1998–2002 (2000),…
African leaders will this weekend gather in Addis Ababa for the annual summit of the African Union (AU) to discuss key business issues, including plans to make Africa a global economic powerhouse. In the spotlight during the two-day high-level meeting, starting on February 17 is a treaty that the AU says will revolutionise trade on…
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