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Africa records less than five per cent of global COVID-19 deaths

NEARLY two years after its emergence and eventual declaration as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), Africa's...

Group says Nigeria’s weak tobacco regulations, poor enforcement exploited by industry players

CORPORATE Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), on Thursday, alleged that players in the tobacco industry were taking advantage...
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CDC retracts coronavirus airborne transmission guidance, says it was posted in error

The United States (US) Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has retracted its earlier published COVID-19 guideline in...

COVID-19 may spread through droplets and airborne particles, US CDC warns

CORONAVIRUS is airborne and commonly spreads "through the droplets and airborne particles that are formed when a person who...
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INVESTIGATION…Inside Nigeria’s oil-rich community where Agip breaks the law, endangering lives and livelihood of residents

The ICIR reporter, Amos ABBA visited Azuzuama, in Bayelsa State where oil spills from pipelines belonging to Agip persistently...

Heat Wave: Meningitis Kills Over 200 Nigerians

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said that 282 persons have died of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, CSM, in five states of the federation since the outbreak of the disease in February this year.
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