Health and Environment

WHO projects viral hepatitis deaths to exceed HIV, TB, malaria combined by 2040

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that viral hepatitis could kill more people than malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV...

Rivers state: Misinformation on flooding spreads as govt’s unpreparedness leaves residents exposed

Months after flood ransacked villages and towns in Rivers state, the residents of affected areas are still struggling to...

Insecurity has affected three national parks – but that is not the greatest threat to wildlife conservation in Nigeria

Andrew Dunn is the Director of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Nigeria, based in Cross River State. Through his organisation, he has...
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You’ve lost someone you love: 4 signs you may need to seek grief counselling

By Stephen Asatsa, Catholic University of Eastern Africa GRIEF is a natural response to losing something you felt a bond...

SSB Tax: Presidency pledges to commit 10% of annual budgets to health sector

THE Presidency on Tuesday, July 25, pledged to commit 10 per cent of the nation’s annual budgets to the...

Doctors declare total, indefinite strike

THE National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a total and indefinite strike. The group's president, Emeka Orji, disclosed...
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Diphtheria: 8 deaths recorded in Kaduna

EIGHT deaths linked to diphetria disease has been recorded in Kaduna State. The Director of Public Health, Kaduna State Primary...

UDUTH debunks reports of outbreak of strange disease, death in facility

THE management of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto State, has declared that no one died of...

Plateau records first two cases of anthrax in two communities

THE Plateau state government says it has recorded two suspected cases of the anthrax disease in two communities in...
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[Flood series] Mapping out areas in Abuja prone to flooding

THE Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, reported its first flood incident in June 2023, following a heavy downpour that exacerbated...

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