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With torrential rains sweeping through parts of Nigeria and flash floods displacing thousands, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has warned that the current flooding is creating fertile ground for deadly disease outbreaks, including cholera, yellow fever and dengue fever. The warning came after a fresh forecast from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency […]
Experts have raised concerns over Nigeria’s rising consumption of salt and sodium-rich foods, warning that the country risks an epidemic of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) unless urgent measures are taken to curb sodium intake. A food science technology consultant at the Nigeria Health and Environmental Development (NHED), Mr. John Funsho Tehinse, said excess salt intake is […]
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of 11 persons for offences bordering on internet fraud and cybercrime. Among the convicts is a 20-year-old electrician, Mathew Yaba, who was sentenced to nine months imprisonment without option of fine on offences bordering on personation and retention of […]
The federal government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Achievers University, Owo, and the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo, in Ondo State to strengthen the country’s health workforce and expand clinical training opportunities for healthcare students. The agreement, signed at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Abuja, allows the privately […]
In the overcrowded wards of therapeutic feeding centres across northern Nigeria, the tiny frames of children battling severe acute malnutrition offer a painful glimpse into a public health crisis that shows no signs of slowing. While the seasonal spike in malnutrition cases has become an all-too-familiar pattern, medical professionals are now sounding a more urgent […]
The federal government has inaugurated a National Palm Oil Traceability Framework and an Interagency Committee in a major move to revive Nigeria’s palm oil industry and reduce the country’s over $600 million annual expenditure on imports. The initiative, launched under the National Initiative for Sustainable and Climate Smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NISCOPS), implemented in partnership […]
Female legislators have been tasked with starting advocacy campaigns to lobby their representatives and male lawmakers at the national and state assemblies to pass the Special Seats Bill. The call was made by the deputy speaker, House of Representatives and chairman, Constitution Review Committee, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, at a dinner organised by the Policy […]
Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella has admitted that former US President Donald Trump left him feeling frightened after he gatecrashed their Club World Cup trophy ceremony. Trump was invited to present the trophy after the Blues triumphed over Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final. However, the former president lingered on stage among the celebrating players while […]
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have advanced to the final of the ongoing 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) following a 2-1 victory over their arch-rivals, South Africa’s Banyana Banyana, on Tuesday in Casablanca, Morocco. A late goal from defender Michelle Alozie, struck from long range, propelled the nine-time African champions into the final and kept […]
Delegates from across Africa and beyond, including officials from the World Karate Federation (WKF) led by its president, Antonio Espinós, have gathered in Abuja for the African Karate Federation’s Annual General Assembly (AGA), which commenced today at the African Continental Hotel. The General Assembly coincides with this year’s UFAK Karate Championships, which began on Monday […]