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Over 20.5 million people die of heart disease every year, with more than 75 percent occurring in low- and middle-income countries, the President of  Nigerian Cardiac Society, Prof. Augustine Odili has confirmed. Odili, an expert…

Mimijane Foundation for Women and Children with Disabilities, a Non Governmental Organisation, has called on the Legislatures to review and amend the Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities prohibition Act. The Executive…

The Government of Lagos State in southwest Nigeria has made public its plans to commence a state-wide vaccination of residents against measles, yellow-fever and human papillomavirus (HPV). Adetola Akinpelu, Immunization Programme…

By Magnus Nwokpor, Abakaliki Over one hundred Journalists in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, has benefited from free medical outreach, a programme packaged by the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Ebonyi State…

By Segun Adegoke and Blessing Enebeli The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), has called for a scale-up of routine immunization for children in Nigeria, saying it would help protect them against preventable diseases. Chief of…

Luqmon Balogun, Lagos Lagos State Office For Disability Affairs (LASODA), has expressed its commitment to ensure children with disabilities receive adequate protection towards their full integration into the society. Speaking at a…

By Chinwe Onuigbo, Awka The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) has reaffirmed its pledge to guarantee that Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) have equal access to the electoral process, enabling them to exercise their…

By Ismail Umar, Sokoto The Nigerian Army has organised a one day sensitisation seminar on warriors and ethos chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear terrorism drugs and substance abuse for troops in sokoto state. Declaring the…

By Edward Samuel, Abuja The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Nigeria, Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo, addressed the National Traditional Leaders Council (NTLC) and religious leaders, highlighting the pivotal role they play in…

Borno Government has confirmed two cases of cholera in one of the camps harbouring people displaced by flood in Maiduguri. The State Commissioner of Health, Prof. Baba Malum Gana, made this known on Monday while flagging-off an Oral…