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The International Agency for Research on Cancer, an agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with local partners, will provide data on the health patterns of Ogoniland in 2025.
14 Dec
An attack on the main hospital in the western Sudanese town of El-Fasher has killed nine people and wounded 20, the head of the World Health Organization said, forcing the facility to halt operations. In a posting on X Saturday, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that "continued attacks on health across Sudan are…
12 Dec
Nigeria recorded 30.9% of all global malaria deaths in 2023, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO’s latest World Malaria Report 2024 on Thursday said Nigeria also accounted for nearly 40% of worldwide malaria deaths among children under five. The international body also disclosed that globally in 2023, there were almost 263 million estimated…
12 Dec
About 2.2 billion malaria cases and 12.7 million deaths were averted globally between 2000 and 2023, according to the 2024 World Malaria Report.
12 Dec
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed Nigeria as one of the 13 countries that achieved a 50 per cent or more reduction in the number of deaths caused by TB between 2015 and 2023.
11 Dec
Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said Wednesday, but called for faster progress against the disease that killed nearly some 597,000 people last year.
7 Dec
From dearth of hospitals and mental health professionals to lack of basic amenities and poor funding, it is glaring that psychiatric care in Nigeria is in dire strait, also as the number of mental cases has spiked by over 200 per cent in the last few months.
28 Nov
The World Health Organisation on Thursday urged countries to step up surveillance for bird flu after the first case was detected in a child in the United States. A small but growing number of H5N1 avian influenza infections have been detected in humans around the world in recent years, WHO epidemic and pandemic preparedness and…
28 Nov
The World Health Organization on Thursday urged countries to step up surveillance for bird flu after the first case was detected in a child
27 Nov
The World Health Organisation's (WHO) Africa director-elect, Faustine Ndugulile, has reportedly passed away on Wednesday morning. Ndugulile was a 55-year-old medical doctor and lawmaker from Tanzania and was reportedly undergoing treatment in India for an undisclosed illness He was elected to the position in August and was set to start his new role in February…
22 Nov
Nearly 230 health workers have been killed in Lebanon since the start of Israel's war in Gaza following the October 7 attacks last year, the World Health Organization said Friday. In total, the UN health agency said there had been 187 attacks on healthcare in Lebanon in the more than 13 months of cross-border fire…
21 Nov
The groundbreaking mRNA technology transfer programme is positioned towards establishing 11 state-of-the-art good manufacturing practices (GMP) certified manufacturing facilities across 10 countries by 2030.
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Justice Sanusi Ma’aji of the Kano High Court has ordered the state government to pay N8,511,000,000 to Lamash Properties Limited, owners of the multi-million Naira complex demolished by the administration in June 2023.
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United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has reiterated America’s commitment in leading efforts to enhance local support systems for migrants and refugees, improve access to lawful migration pathways, and strengthen emergency planning and response.
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The Lagos State Environmental Task force has arrested 27 persons, including 15 minors involved in the unlawful act of street begging in the middle of vehicular traffic/hold-ups.
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A Professor of Meat Science at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Professor Andrew Babatunde Omojola, has said Nigeria has the potential to export animal products to regional and international markets, which will help the foreign exchange earnings and economic growth of the country.
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Patricia Technologies, a financial services technology firm based in Lagos, has commenced repayment to its subscribers who were affected by a reported security breach suffered on its cryptocurrency trading platform.
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SAEMAUL Undong Foundation (SUF), a non-profit organization from Republic of Korea, has trained 100 Katsina State children in taekwondo and social life skills.
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Captain of the senior men’s cricket national team, Yellow Greens, believes the just-concluded T20 Continent Cup in Kigali, Rwanda has helped the team improve in different aspects of the game ahead of the final phase of the 2026 T20 World Cup qualifiers
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The 2025 ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon, slated for March 1 in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), will herald the sub-regional body’s 50th anniversary celebrations, the organisers of the race have said.
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The Nasrul-Lahi-L-Fatih Society (NASFAT) has mourned the passing of Alhaja Abibat Abiola Alabidun, wife of its member, Alhaji Bayo Alabidun. Until her demise, she was the Director of Pharmaceutical Services, Health District Victoria Island in Lagos State.