Health and Environment

Imo 2024 budget: Uzodimma’s office to spend N6.9 million on refreshments daily

DESPITE attributing less than four per cent of its 2024 budget to health, Imo state allocated N2.3 billion to...
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Nigeria to vaccinate over 80% girls against cervical cancer by December – UNICEF

OVER 80 per cent of Nigerian girls aged nine to 14 are expected to receive the Human Papillomavirus vaccine...
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Nigeria and Uganda | Into the woods

By Uchenna Igwe in Nigeria, James Onono Ojok in Uganda, and ZAM WESTERN “green” funds used for “merrymaking with ministers” while...
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Tony Elumelu advocates ‘big pharma’ incentives in low-income countries

CHAIRMAN of the United Bank for Africa Group and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony Elumelu, has called...
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Female genital mutilation is on the rise in Africa: disturbing new trends are driving up the numbers

By Tamsin Bradley, University of Portsmouth THIRTEEN-year-old Salamatu Jalloh had her whole future to look forward to. But in January...
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Average life expectancy: How can Nigeria measure up?

IN 2019, the World Bank reported that the average life expectancy globally, which is the estimated number of years...
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