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Why more women adopt single motherhood – Expert

A marriage counsellor and psychologist, Dr Rose Chukwuma, on Saturday, October 21, 2017 said more women were embracing the concept of having children outside...

admin - October 21, 2017

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World leaders endorse plan to tackle cancer, diabetes

Global leaders have pledged to take bold action to reduce suffering from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which include the world’s leading killers – heart and...

admin - October 20, 2017

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Despite under-five mortality decrease, 7,000 newborns die daily – Report

Every day in 2016, 15,000 children died before their fifth birthday, 46% of them – or 7,000 babies – died in the first 28...

admin - October 19, 2017

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Monkey Pox cases increase to 74 in 11 states

The Monkey Pox virus outbreak has spread to 11 states with 74 suspected cases recorded, Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said. Adewole made...

admin - October 19, 2017

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Lagos to inaugurate Community Vector Control Point

An environmentalist, Mr Oluwasegun Benson, on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 said that Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State would officially inaugurate the Community Vector...

admin - October 18, 2017

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World Polio Day: Nigeria, others get $49.5m Rotary lifeline to eradicate polio

With just 11 confirmed polio cases so far in 2017, the world is said to be on the brink of eradicating polio, a vaccine-preventable...

admin - October 18, 2017

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Nigeria immunises 874,000 people against yellow fever

The Government of Nigeria has launched a campaign to immunise some 873,837 people against yellow fever in the states of Kwara and Kogi. The 10-day...

admin - October 16, 2017

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Bubonic plague kills 50 in Madagascar

At the airport, in the banks, and elsewhere in public, people are wearing protective masks. Gatherings are forbidden and schools remain closed. The president is...

Michael Simire - October 15, 2017

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