The Nigeria Red Cross Society would be able to help almost 170,000 households in the northern states of Adamawa, Benue, Borno, Katsina, Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara with this financing, the EU said in the statement. Community outreach, screening, and outpatient care for children with simple severe acute malnutrition […]
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According to the Lagos State administration, in 2024, fire occurrences throughout the state caused the loss of property valued at N19.52 billion. This was revealed by Mr. Olugbenga Oyerinde, the Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, at the current ministerial press briefing on Wednesday to commemorate the second year […]
Babagana Zulum, the governor of Borno State, has claimed that certain Nigerian military personnel and politicians are assisting Boko Haram rebels by serving as informants. In an interview with News Central’s Breakfast Central on Wednesday, Zulum revealed the information and promised that the government will bolster its intelligence apparatus and […]
A dedicated team at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) recently achieved a historic feat: successfully performing the institution’s first-ever bone marrow transplants. A member of this pioneering team, a Nigerian doctor, took to social media to share his pride and excitement, marking a significant milestone for the hospital and […]
Aiming to revolutionize healthcare delivery in Nigeria, London-based IT expert Demilade Okewale has introduced a groundbreaking telemedicine app, TeleDoc, at an event in Ikeja, Lagos. Co-founded by Okewale and Kiki Okewale, the app is designed to make healthcare more accessible, particularly for underserved communities, by harnessing technology to enhance service […]
What a shame on medical research fraud and authorities. Their incompetency costed USD 2 trillion to people who were fit and healthy. Cholesterol is finally officially removed from Naughty List. The US government has finally accepted that cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern. doing a U-turn on their warnings […]
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday reeled out the achievements of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to African leaders. He spoke in Accra, the Ghanaian capital on Sunday while presenting the achievements of ECOWAS in the past year at the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African […]
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof Moji Adeyeye, has prompted Nigerians to abstain from storing cooked food in the refrigerator for more than three days. Adeyeye made this known in a statement at the World Food Day on […]
s The recent cholera outbreak in Lagos has caused widespread panic and concern among the residents of the city. The outbreak was first reported in a densely populated area, where poor sanitation and lack of access to clean drinking water were major contributing factors to the spread of the […]
A wave of devastation sweeps through Nigeria as the deadly Lassa fever outbreak claims numerous lives, with over a hundred cases reported across 16 states, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The NCDC revealed that between February 26 and March 3, 20 deaths and 109 […]