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Influenza is a serious global health threat that impacts all countries. In this interconnected world, the next influenza pandemic is a matter of when not if, and a severe pandemic is believed by many experts to be potentially the most devastating global health event with far reaching consequences. The World Health Organization (WHO) has […]
The rate of heart attacks among young people are increasing . According to a new study, heart attack rates are increasing in what may seem like an unlikely group: adults in their 20s and 30s. What’s more, despite their relatively young age, 20- and 30-somethings have the same rate of bad outcomes after a heart […]
Tunisia’s Health Minister Abderraouf Cherif has resigned following the deaths of 11 newborn babies at a hospital in the capital, Tunis. All of the babies died of septic shock at the Rabta maternity hospital between 7-8 March. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said investigations have been launched into the state-run facility’s medical, pharmaceutical and hygiene practices. […]
Eco-friendly alternatives must be developed and used in insect and pest management. This is to minimize the harmful effects of synthetic insecticides as indiscriminate use of pesticides in agriculture; animal husbandry and post-harvest technology have a negative impact on the natural water system, public health and the well-being of mankind. Professor Olufemi Ashamo stated this […]
Following a statement released by Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited [BASL], operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, is justified in its claim of 36 years validity on the Build-Operate-Transfer concession model of the airport terminal. FAAN’s reaction, which was made available to journalists through the company’s General Manager, Corporate […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed profound shock at the plane crash involving an Ethiopian Airliner bound for Nairobi, Kenya, in which all the 149 passengers and eight crew members died. On behalf of the government and the people of Nigeria, the President extended his sincere condolences to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, the people […]
French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon, was found guilty of failing to report to authorities the alleged sexual abuse of a priest in his diocese. He was given a six-month suspended prison sentence. The cardinal has announced that he will resign his diocesan position. French tribunal president Brigitte Vernay declared Barbarin guilty March 7 […]
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, through its parliament has reaffirmed its commitment to introducing the community’s unified monetary unit by next year. Rising from a three-day seminar in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, on the “Challenges and prospects of the ECOWAS single Currency,” the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament Moustapha Cisse Lo said […]
The Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Mustapha Cisse Lo, has congratulated Nigeria and Senegal for conducting successful elections. Mr. Cisse Lo congratulated the two countries at the opening of the Extra Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Dakar, Senegal. The Speaker of the regional parliament noted that the successful conduct of elections by the […]
Recently , the entire world celebrated women of all races, all religion and sexual affiliations for the great contributions and achievement the world has recorded because of women. As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC lends her voice to laud women across the globe and to use […]