The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has advised Nigerians against subjecting themselves to long-hour fasting, saying it was risky to their kidneys. Prof. Adeyeye, who attributed the high rate of kidney problems in Nigeria to prolonged fasting by some …
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The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, has confirmed the outbreak of diphtheria disease has killed at least 35 persons in the country. Dr Adetifa said this during a programme on Arise Television on Friday night. The NCDC had in an advisory …
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LAGOS Street sweepers under the Highway Managers Limited has concluded arrangements to celebrate their efforts and contributions towards making Lagos state cleaner to continue to attract investors towards its continuous development. Towards this end, they will celebrate themselves at an end-of-the-year thanksgiving event on Thursday, January 19, with the mission …
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THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 42 new cases of COVID-19 in the country in two weeks. The cases were recorded in Lagos, Edo, Kano, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Plateau states, and the Federal Capital Territory. The 42 new cases brought the nation’s confirmed COVID-19 infections to 266,492, according to …
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Uganda on Wednesday declared an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged almost four months ago and claimed the lives of 55 people. “We have successfully controlled the Ebola outbreak in Uganda,” Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said at a ceremony in the central district of Mubende where …
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Lassa fever has killed a Nasarawa State medical doctor, identified as Dr Ahmed Isaiah. Members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Nasarawa State held a procession for the deceased in Lafia on Tuesday The doctor died on Dec. 31, 2022, at the National Hospital, Abuja. NMA chairman in the …
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has posted 35 new cases of COVID-19 for the last week of December 2022. It stated on its website, yesterday, that 22 of the cases were recorded in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), 10 in Lagos State, two in Delta, while one happened in …
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The United States said Tuesday that the requirement of COVID-19 tests for travellers from China was based on science and due to Beijing’s lack of transparency on surging cases. China earlier Tuesday denounced measures taken by a number of countries on its travellers as “unacceptable,” two days before air passengers, …
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The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has advised members of staff of Alimosho General Hospital to treat all their patients with passion regardless of political affiliation, religion or race. The governor gave the advice, according to a statement on Tuesday, during his annual Christmas visit to the hospital …
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THE lead counsel for the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has said that Kanu lacks potassium in his bloodstream and may need “urgent heart surgery”, Newsextra24 reports. This is as he and his team of over 18 lawyers signed a …
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