Health
7 Mar
As an emotional intelligence expert, I will like to empower parents and caregivers with tips for building emotional resilience in children. This article explores the significance of nurturing emotional resilience from an early age, laying the foundation for lifelong well-being.
7 Mar
Endosurvivors International Foundation (ESIF) has raised alarm on the increasing number of infertility cases in the country.
7 Mar
The number of adults living with obesity will rise from 0.81 billion in 2020 to 1.53 billion in 2035 according to the 2024 World Obesity Atlas.
7 Mar
Continued spread of Lassa fever in the country has raised concerns among stakeholders on measures to contain it, citing the need to intensify campaigns about personal and environmental hygiene.
3 Mar
Travelling during the holidays comes with many risks such as overbooked flights, delays, bad weather and exposure to COVID-19. Now, people can add exposure to measles to the list. Measles is a viral disease that causes a characteristic rash.
1 Mar
More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study released by the Lancet medical journal.
29 Feb
Continued spread of Lassa fever in the country has raised concerns among stakeholders on measures to contain it, citing the need to intensify campaigns about personal and environmental hygiene.
29 Feb
The Managing Director of Bridge Clinic Nigeria, Mr Sunny Ekhalume has said its Ikeja branch has produced over 3, 000 babies since its 25 years of establishment.
29 Feb
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has stressed the need to combat the sale and distribution of Substandard and Falsified Medical Products in the country within the supply chain.
29 Feb
A 500-bed capacity African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) Abuja is to commence operations next year.
29 Feb
The Country Lead, Evidence for Action (E4A-MamaYe) Programme, Esther Agbon has advocated a community-centered approach in addressing the high maternal and child death in the country by supporting communities to develop workable homegrown solutions which are acceptable and owned by them.
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has re-scheduled the 2024, National Common Entrance Examination into Federal Unity Colleges as well as Federal Government Academy, Suleja, NECO spokesperson Azeez Sani in a statement on Tuesday, said the National Common Entrance Examination which was earlier scheduled to be held on 20th April 2024, will now be held on…
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Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Executive Committee meeting, scheduled for Thursday, April 18, a PDP support group, known as PDP Restructure Movement has endorsed former deputy governor of Kogi State, Phillips Salawu, as the next National Chairman of the party. The group led by Isa Mu'azu in a statement said that in…
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has re-scheduled the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination into Federal Unity Colleges and the entrance examination into Federal Government Academy, Suleja. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday by Azeez Sani, acting Director, Information and Digital Communication, of the council. Sani stated that…
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The Federal Government has concluded the allocation for the first batch of completed houses across the 36 states of Nigeria. Salisu Haiba, spokesperson for the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Marcus Ogunbiyi disclosed this in a statement. Ogunbiyi said the first batch of the allocation process for successful applicants…
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The Air component of Operation Hadarin Kai (OPHK) has executed a precision airstrike on the hideouts of ISWAP terrorists nestled within Kolleram village along the shores of Lake Chad. The operation, conducted on April 13, 2024, reportedly yielded significant success as the Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) post-strike conducted revealed the neutralization of over 30 terrorists.…
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A lecturer at the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, in Oyo State, Alabi Ogundeji, has explained why he took part in the invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat last Saturday. Ogundeji was part of the 21 Yoruba Nation agitators paraded on Monday by the Oyo State Commissioner, Hamzat Adebola. He, alongside other agitators…