The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has increased its monitoring efforts across the country after reports of a Hantavirus cluster linked to an international cruise ship involving several countries. Newsextra24 reports that the Director-General of the agency, Dr Jide Idris, said in a public health update that Nigeria currently has no …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says vaccines prevent about 1.8 million deaths annually in Africa, underscoring their critical role in public health. In a statement on Sunday marking African Vaccination Week (April 24–30), themed “For Every Generation, Vaccines Work,” Mohammed Janabi, Regional Director for Africa, emphasised that immunisation saved lives and strengthened families. He …
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President Bola Tinubu has condemned in strong terms the barbaric and cowardly attacks by gunmen in Angwan Rukuba district, Jos, Plateau State. The president, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, equally condemned the attacks on Kahir village in Kagarko Local Government …
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The Government of the Republic of Ghana has commended the Nigerian authorities, particularly Department of State Services (DSS), for rescuing 44 Ghanaian nationals from a criminal network involved in fraudulent recruitment schemes. In a statement issued on Saturday by Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government confirmed that the victims …
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The Safer Society for Children Foundation has joined forces with the Elegant Nurses Forum to demand justice for a female student reportedly gang-raped by four suspects in Ijebu Ode. It is alleged that the police failed to provide adequate protection to the victim, thus exposing her to further harm and …
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In response to growing economic pressures affecting vulnerable households, The Esther Arokun Foundation (TESAR) has carried out a targeted relief outreach in Ibadan, providing essential food and hygiene items to women, teenagers, and children within underserved communities. The outreach, themed “One Gift, Many Smiles” was designed to cushion the impact …
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The people of Iho community in the Ikeduru Local Government area of Imo State have been thrown into mourning after a truck rammed into a building, killing a mother of three children, Mrs Chioma Ogu, on Monday. This is even as her husband, Mr Ogu, is lying critically ill and …
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Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested one Joseph Mbake, a 36-year-old Cameroonian fisherman in Mkpanak Village, Mbo Local Government Area of the state, over alleged defilement of a 4-month-old minor. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, in a statement issued in Uyo on Monday, …
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THE Federal Government says it has disbursed more than N192billion to strengthen primary healthcare facilities across Nigeria since the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) began disbursements in 2019. Dr Muyi Aina, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), said this in …
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THE Federal Government says it is strengthening Nigeria’s health security system with a national genomic surveillance strategy, expanded laboratory networks, and trained health workers to better respond to public health threats. Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, stated this on his official X account, formerly …
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