Health and Environment

Lagos boat mishap claims two lives

TWO persons have been confirmed dead after a 20-passenger ferry boat capsized in Lagos. Three persons were still missing, while...

Lagos shuts school over pupil’s death

THE Lagos State Government has shut down the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba, over the death of a...

FG launches dashboard for tobacco control

THE NIGERIAN government has launched a dashboard to monitor tobacco products as part of efforts to combat smoking in the...

BURIED DREAMS: The doctors who died in their prime fighting Lassa fever

By Taiwo Adebulu As a teenager, Abel Obetta had big dreams. Following his father’s death, he knew life would never...
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Nigeria begins new tax regime for tobacco products

THE NIGERIAN government has started the implementation of a new tax regime for tobacco products in a bid to...

Polio: Nigeria’s ‘chronically low immunization coverage’ worries WHO as Mozambique records two wild cases

ANOTHER case of wild polio virus has been discovered in Mozambique, close to the border of Malawi, in Southeast...

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