[ad_1] A court in the United Kingdom has sentenced Lucy Letby, a serial child killer, to whole-life imprisonment. According to BBC, the 33-year-old was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six other infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Letby was said to have deliberately injected the babies with air, force…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have continued to stressed the importance of Nigerian mothers exclusively breastfeeding their babies for the first six months to enhance the well-being of their infants. The agency also condemned the inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes. During a meeting with the Association of Infant Food…
[ad_1] Air Peace has flagged off a direct flight to Israel, the first of such service to be launched by a Nigerian carrier. The airline commenced scheduled operations to Tel Aviv on April 20, 2023 from Lagos and Abuja. At the well-attended inaugural flight ceremony held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the chairman…
[ad_1] The Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, UK, has sentenced Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, to nine years and eight months in prison for organ trafficking. His wife, Beatrice, was handed four years and six months jail term during the sentencing on Friday, BBC reports. On March 23, the jury pronounced a guilty verdict on…
[ad_1] The Association of Resident Doctors, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra, has called off its five-day warning strike over the assault of its member allegedly by patients’ families. This is contained in a statement signed by the group’s President, Dr. Chinwe Ndukwe, and General Secretary, Dr. Egbue Obiora, and made available to newsmen…
[ad_1] Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 22.41%, according to the recently released Consumer Price Index (CPI) report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In the report released on Thursday, inflation marked the fifth consecutive increase in May. The development comes amid the hike in fuel price as a result of the removal of fuel…
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…
[ad_1] The Marburg virus epidemic in Equatorial Guinea has left 20 people dead over the past two months, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. The outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever, which is almost as deadly as Ebola, has now spread beyond the province of Kie-Ntem, where it caused the first known deaths in January,…
By Juliet Jacob The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has adopted an Action Plan on the Elimination of Child and Forced Labour (2021-2030), and also approved the extension of the implementation of the Commission’s Decent Work Regional Program (EDWRP) to 2026. This followed a recent meeting of the ECOWAS Ministers in…
[ad_1] The government has appealed to domestic bond holders to sign up onto the enhanced Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), as the deadline elapses today. According to the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, the participation of all individuals and groups was crucial for the country’s economic recovery, backed by an approved International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
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