Health

—-As Country Welcomes 25,685 Babies On New Year’s Day Tayo Olanipekun A child born in Nigeria today is likely to live for only 55 years which is now the life expectancy in the country, UNICEF has revealed. The Nigerian child can only live a year longer than his contemporaries in Chad and the Central African Republic, not expected to live …

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The Debt Management Office (DMO), has called for more private sector involvement in sovereign sukuk, to boost infrastructure development and support Federal Government’s efforts towards sustainable economy. With the success recorded on the first N100 billion Sukuk bond issued last year, the Federal Government, the DMO has unveiled the second N100 billion sovereign Sukuk, which offer is expected to close …

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Tayo Olanipekun Vice President Michael Pence has said the United States government will invest $100 million to address key gaps toward achieving HIV epidemic control. He made the announcement on Thursday, adding that the government, through its President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), would leverage the “unique capacities and compassion” of faith-based organizations and communities. The announcement came ahead …

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A housewife, Mrs Lynda Ogedazi, on Tuesday prayed an Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve the marriage between her and her husband, Uzor Ogedazi. She said that this was on the grounds of threat to life and constant beating. “My lord, there is no more love in our marriage. I want a divorce. “He constantly beats me and …

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Tayo Olanipekun About two thirds of all malaria cases and deaths last year were concentrated in Nigeria and nine other African countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. The global body made this known in its World Malaria Report 2018 released on Monday as it announced the launch of efforts to get the reduction in malaria deaths and disease …

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Nigeria has joined the rest of the world to mark World Pneumonia Day 2018. To mark the World Pneumonia Day, civil society organisations from Africa and Haiti are asking their governments to step-up actions to eradicate Pneumonia which is responsible for more child mortalities than any other diseases like AIDS, Malaria and Measles combined. Speaking at a conference on how …

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The Chief Executive Officer Compass Global Ltd, Mrs. Tokunbo Chiedu has said that Nigeria is now a power in global beauty economy and a thought leader in beauty &fashion ecosystem. Mrs. Chiedu who made this revelation during the “Cosmologists Creative Clinic 2018 and graduation of Elegant Twins 2018 class posited that its a good time to be alive in Nigeria …

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The Lagos State Building Control Agency has given a seven-day ultimatum to owners of distressed buildings across the state to demolish them or bear the risk and cost of their demolition by the agency. The LASBCA General Manager, Mr Olalekan Shodeinde, gave the ultimatum on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. Shodeinde said that …

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and the Governor-General of Canada, Rt Hon Julie Payette, will on Tuesday inaugurate a new biosecurity laboratory in Lagos. The Lagos State Government said the inauguration of the biobank will take place at the Mainland Hospital in Yaba, housing the isolation unit used by the state government to contain the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) …

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Olabode Adaramola, Niger In a bid to ameliorate the hardship being  experienced by the flood disaster victims in Niger State,  presently living  at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp   in Zungeru, Wushishi Local Government Area of the  State, the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA)  has donated some assorted relief materials worth several millions of Naria to them  at camp over …

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