The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a concerning increase in Lassa fever cases as Nigeria navigates epidemiological week 41 of 2024.
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The Deputy Director, of Global Health Informatics, Mr AbdulHamid Yahaya has highlighted the vital role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in predicting and managing climate-related health risks.
Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), say they are finding it difficult to feed due to the high cost of food items.
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced a new initiative to improve health insurance access for vulnerable groups.
Several people, including Nigerian leaders, have said that democracy, as a form of government, has no better alternative. And why not, if democracy is all about a system of government in which the governed freely participate in electing their representatives? Nigeria has had a go at practising democracy even before its independence from Britain. From independence, we practised it fully for six years, though it was the Westminster system, bequeathed to us by the colonisers. It got its name from the central London area hosting the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Westminster model, which Nigeria started with, is a system in which there is…
I initially found the news amusing but ended up deeply disturbed upon hearing about the arraignment of 76 young suspects—some as young as 12 to 15 years old—charged with terrorism and attempting to overthrow the government. When I first heard it on the radio, I thought I must have misheard. But when it appeared repeatedly on television, showing visibly malnourished and frail children, I knew we had a serious issue. The nation saw on TV young faces, emaciated and ill, many of them so thin and weak that they seemed on the verge of collapse. By Bala Ibrahim Yet, the…
The recent case against a group of Nigerian children accused of treason for displaying a Russian flag is a stark reminder of the precariousness of free speech in contemporary society. The seemingly innocuous act of raising a flag, a mere symbol of cultural allegiance, has been manipulated by authorities to paint these children as dangerous threats, highlighting a disturbing trend of conflating peaceful expression with subversive intent. By Abdul-Azeez Suleiman This case underscores the fragility of dissent in an increasingly authoritarian world. The children, likely unaware of the political undercurrents surrounding their actions, were targeted for a symbolic act of…
Nigeria is a country immensely blessed with hydrocarbon reserves, yet many of its citizens can hardly afford petrol due to its high price. Even when some local refining was reluctantly undertaken, the price per liter of petrol skyrocketed, continuing to rise and forcing many people to sell their vehicles or leave them permanently at home. Nigeria is supposed to be the giant of Africa, but this status continues to elude it despite its enormous resources. Widespread corruption among its leaders has ensured that Nigeria remains a potential giant rather than an actual one. A documentary titled Petrol, Power, and the…
About two months ago, a popular Northern politician reportedly expressed his readiness to drop his presidential aspiration and serve as a running mate to a renowned presidential aspirant of another party. By Abdu Labaran Now, the same politician is vehemently claiming that there would be no vacancy in the Villa in 2027, as, according to him, the current occupiers, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima, are performing well. He stated that the Muslim-Muslim ticket of President Tinubu and Vice President Shettima was the right choice for the next general elections. The politician’s desperation for power appears…
The Federal Government Technical Committee on Evaluation of Dams has visited Ikere Gorge Dam in Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo state, for an on-the-spot assessment to ascertain the level of the project.