Health

By John Ikani  As the world commemorates Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day, the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has informed that Nigeria has more than 50 percent of births of children under the age...

By John Ikani As the Federal Government gears up to begin inoculation of the second round of COVID-19 vaccines received as donations, Nigerians have been warned not to mix or receive more than one brand of...

By John Ikani  Nigeria is ranked 161st on the 2020 Global Youth Development Index which measures the status of young people in 181 countries around the world. This is according to triennial rankings report released by...

By Hannatu Sadiq Guinea health officials have confirmed West Africa's first case of Marburg, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit...

By John Ikani  The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), on Monday, revealed that four key population groups in Nigeria are responsible for recent rise in new HIV infections. A data on mode of...

  The National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR) a coalition of non-governmental organisations, advocating for policy measures to tackle the health risks of consuming sugar-sweetened beverages, has demanded an immediate implementation of the National Assembly’s motion...