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Nigeria experienced its largest ever reported outbreak of Lassa fever in 2018 with 23 of the 36 states of the federation affected and yet ,the disease is still endemic in several parts of the country. Disclosing this recently in Abuja , National Coordinator / Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr. […]
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has appealed to the Federal Government to fulfill its part of the agreements reached with ASUU in the best interest of Nigerian students without further delay. Making this appeal in a statement signed by NANS National Public Relations Officer, Mr Bestman Okereafor, the student’s body said, “The attention of the […]
Parents of female Muslim students who were barred from entering Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) International School because they wore Hijab have condemned the development. The parents under the auspices of LAUTECH Staff School and LAUTECH International College, Ogbomoso, Muslim Parents’ Forum, expressed their grievances on the failure of the school management to address this issue. […]
A group of six independent United Nations rights experts called on Iran to urgently provide Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Narges Mohammadi access to appropriate health care, and reiterated calls for their immediate release, as they continue a hunger strike in protest. “We urge the Government to immediately and unconditionally provide Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Narges Mohammadi with […]
Eating more dietary fiber and whole grains protects against noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, type 2 diabetes, and colorectal cancer, according a new review commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO). Researchers reviewed and meta-analyzed 40 years of studies, including 185 observational studies with data encompassing 135 million person-years and 58 clinical […]
At least 21 people were killed when Somali militants stormed a luxury hotel compound in Nairobi, Kenya’s government has confirmed. Some 28 injured people have been admitted to hospital, and Kenya’s Red Cross said 19 are still missing. Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabab said it was behind the attack, which triggered a 19-hour security operation. […]
Turkey is seeking an international arrest warrant for a US basketball player – claiming he has ties to a terror organisation. NBA star Enes Kanter, who plays for the New York Knicks, has emphatically rejected the allegations against him, tweeting: “The only thing I terrorize is the rim. “Turkish Government can NOT present any single […]
All is now set for the launching of Micro Pension Plan by the National Pension Commission (PenCom) this month. The planned initiative is expected to attract over 20 million workers and N3 trillion into the pension assets. With total pension assets as at October, 2018 at N8.45 trillion, the country’s pension assets are expected to rise […]
A man in eastern China had a long rod stuck in his bowels on New Year’s Day after inserting it into his backside to ‘seek excitement’, according to Chinese media. The object, reported to be a ‘glass rod’, initially became stuck in the man’s rectum and it gradually moved up into his large intestine, said […]