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Flooding: Lagos advises citizenry on diarrhoea scourge

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, is concerned about reported cases of diarrhoea related diseases in parts of the state, following the...

World Hepatitis Day: Hepatitis elimination efforts gain momentum

New World Health Organisation (WHO) data from 28 countries - representing approximately 70% of the global hepatitis burden - indicate that efforts to eliminate...

Cholera in Yemen: Crisis requires unprecedented response – UN

Yemen is experiencing one of the world’s worst cholera outbreaks in the midst of a large scale conflict that has crippled vital health facilities....

Maternal, child health: Programme welcomes second social entrepreneurs’ cohort

The healthymagination Mother and Child Programme has announced its second cohort of social enterprises that will receive training and mentorship aimed at improving and accelerating...

Study links deaths in Bangladeshi children to agriculture chemicals

Excessive and improper applications of insecticides and other agriculture chemicals in local fruit orchards may have triggered an outbreak of  acute encephalitis syndrome (AES),...

World Hepatitis Day: Nigeria, others carry half of world’s chronic hepatitis burden

As the world gets set to observe this year’s edition of World Hepatitis Day, indications have emerged that Nigeria harbours one of the world’s...

Concern over rising drug-resistant HIV

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday, July 20, 2017 alerted countries to the increasing trend of resistance to HIV drugs detailed in a...

CPC to play pivotal roles in safeguarding Nigerians from tobacco harms

Director- General of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Babatunde Irukera, has promised that the Council will support efforts to safeguard Nigerians from tobacco harms. Irukera...

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River Basin Authority to resume dam construction after 40 years

The Hadeja-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority has restarted construction of the Kafin Zaki dam project, in Ningi Local Government Area...
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Ghana boycotts Africa Energies Summit as industry pushes back against discrimination

Ghana has moved to boycott the upcoming Africa Energies Summit in London this May, a decision that reflects growing...

Renaissance MD to speak at Nigerian Content Lecture Series

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has announced that Tony Attah, Managing Director of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, will speak...

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River Basin Authority to resume dam construction after 40 years

The Hadeja-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority has restarted construction...

Ghana boycotts Africa Energies Summit as industry pushes back against discrimination

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