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Health

Air pollution, second risk factor for premature death – Report

A report supported by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that air pollution is increasingly affecting human health and is now the second global risk factor, after high blood pressure, for premature death. . The State of the World's...

No confirmed case of cholera in Abia – health official

The Abia State Government says there have been no confirmed cases of cholera in the state, although it recorded 109 cases of defecation and vomiting in six of its 17 local government areas. Orie Agomoh, a medical doctor and Director...

Cooked food stored in refrigerator for days is harmful, warns NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised Nigerians not to keep cooked food in the refrigerator for more than three days. According to the Director General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, cooked food stored in...

As cholera ravages Lagos and other Nigerian states, here’s what you need to know

Recently, the Nigerian government confirmed the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country, including Lagos State. However, laboratory investigations and test results conducted in Lagos have confirmed that the current outbreak is associated with the subtype of cholera...

Ondo prepares to prevent and combat cholera outbreak

Following the outbreak of cholera in some states, the Ondo State Government has explained the measures it has adopted to curb the spread of the disease in the state. State Health Commissioner Banji Ajaka said on Monday that the state...

Brain drain: ‘Resist the temptation to flee Nigeria’

The Nigerian government has appealed to doctors in the country to resist the temptation to serve in foreign countries and work with the current administration to improve the situation in the nation. Vice President Kashim Shettima, in a recent meeting...

Inside the Yobe government’s fight against kidney diseases

In a region plagued by poverty compounded by nearly two decades of violent insurgency by the terrorist group Boko Haram, the onset of widespread chronic kidney disease severely affects life expectancy. With chronic kidney disease (CKD) reaching epidemic proportions, the...

Blood donation in short supply in Nigeria as minister calls for help

As Nigeria marks the 20th anniversary of World Blood Donor Day, the Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has appealed to Nigerians to increase voluntary blood donations as the country faces a shortage of blood donations. Pate...

Investigation reveals how US military undermined Chinese vaccine

In what could be described as a war for market control, a new Reuters investigative report has exposed how the US Department of Defense, the Pentagon, secretly carried out an anti-vaccine campaign to discredit the Sinovac vaccine, produced by...

Insufficient funding undermines ‘free maternal care’ policy in Kano

On a quiet, frigid Sunday afternoon, Zainab Bala, a 24-year-old entrepreneur well into the third trimester of her second pregnancy, told the three women gathered in her home in Kano that she thought it was time to go to...

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South Korean aircraft accidentally bombard the church during military exercises

A church and several houses suffered damage after two South Korean combat planes accidentally fell eight bombs in a...