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…
[ad_1] The Federal Capital Territory Administration has confirmed the outbreak of Diptheria disease in the territory, with at least one person, reported to have died from the disease. The latest development brings to 21, the number of states confirmed to have recorded at least, one case of the bacterial disease. Confirming the outbreak of Diptheria…
By Kazeem Akolawole The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that only 463 Primary Healthcare Centers have required 4 per facility Skilled Birth Attendants (SBA). The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib at a press conference in Abuja also said, aside from the gross inadequacy, there is the problem of unequal distribution…
[ad_1] The Nigerian police say it will conduct a comprehensive investigation into the death of Mohbad. The fast-rising singer, 27, passed away on Tuesday and was laid to rest on Wednesday. In a statement on Thursday, the police also extended “our deepest condolences” to the family, friends, and fans of the late singer. The statement signed by Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the…
[ad_1] From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of advance technology to tackle insecurity in the southeast. Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma made the disclosure to State House Correspondents after a meeting with the president at the presidential villa, Abuja on Tuesday. He said he had come to see Buhari to…
A new study from Albert Einstein College of Medicine reveals that patients with autoimmune hyperthyroidism who use cannabis are 1.9 times more likely to develop exophthalmos bulging eyes within a year of diagnosis compared to non-users. Published in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery on September 25, 2024, the analysis reviewed data from over 36,000 patients…
In a surprise ruling, an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted six men charged with breach of public peace during the 2020 #EndSARS protest. The defendants, Daniel Joyinbo, Adigun Sodiq, Kehinde Shola, Salaudeen Kamilu, Sodiq Usseni, and Azeez Isiaka, had pleaded guilty to the charge in a plea bargain agreement. However, instead…
Kazeem Akolawole One hundred and sixty three people have died from lassa fever in Nigeria in 2023, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said. This was contained in a report posted on the agency’s website. It showed that the number of new confirmed copies decreased from 8 in epi week 20,…
[ad_1] Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan head for the venue of a welcome banquet along with guests in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, May 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) — Che Xueling, general manager of an export company at Horgos, a border city in Xinjiang that used to…
[ad_1] Olufunke Faluyi Many years ago, one of my relatives was hit in the leg by a bullet while policemen were trying to stop the vehicle she was travelling in. At the theatre, while doctors were trying to remove the bullet from her leg, they left her with a deep wound. After she was discharged…
