Science
10 Jul 2023
‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away,’ is a phrase that permeates through a child’s upbringing. Its notion has been repeated to where it has become as if it were an uncontested fact. However, a phrase that has the ability to make such an impression should be one that is the most beneficial.
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A professor of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Jane Ajuluchukwu has urged the current administration to initiate policies and provide necessary infrastructure that would address cardiovascular diseases in the country.
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Former Chief Medical Director Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Prof Chris Bode has stressed the need for government to make healthcare attractive in order to encourage those that have gone abroad return home.
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More reasons have emerged showing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other political office holders may continue to travel abroad for medical treatment, following the footsteps of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
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African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said that Africa's immense economic potential is being undermined by non-transparent resource-backed loans that complicate debt resolution and compromise countries' future growth.
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Ahead of May Day next week, workers are demanding a country that works for all and not just for some privileged few.
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The NPFL has fined Kwara United N6 million for allegedly thwarting the live broadcast of their week 31 game against Akwa United.
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To achieve the global malaria targets 2030, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Malaria Programme has launched a new operational strategy that will change the trajectory of malaria trends.
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President Bola Tinubu and President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, have promised to give fresh direction to the justice sector in the country through a holistic overhaul.
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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has urged the Army to establish military formations in Sambisa Forest and the Mandara Hills, bordering Cameroon and Chad in the North East, to counter terrorism in the areas.
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has challenged privileged Nigerians to help in tackling water scarcity and provide Almajiri children access to Western education.