The National Average Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) per adult a day stood at N1,346 in September 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.
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Approximately 15 per cent of young Nigerian women aged 15-19 have experienced pregnancy, according to the latest Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2023-24.
The Bayelsa State Government has confirmed it received N3 billion flood prevention fund disbursed in August by the Federal Government to flood prone states.
The Kwara State Government said it recorded two cases of Circulating Variant Polio Viruses (CVDPs) in Idofian Ward 2 and Kpada Ward in Patigi Ifelodun local government areas respectively.
The Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet) on Monday said that more than 200 communities have been submerged and two million people displaced due to climate-induced floods in Kogi.
The Regional Forum for Agroecology and Organic Agriculture in West Africa has advocated the establishment of policy and instruments to control imports and sale of synthetic pesticides in the region.
Ibrahim Ali, a 65-year-old resident of the Kofar Dundaye area in the Sokoto metropolis, is thankful to God for surviving after falling seriously ill from inhaling smoke at a burned dump site. Ali suffered severely from smoke exposure, to the point where he required hospital treatment and spent a significant amount of money on medication, despite the high cost of living in the country. Describing his ordeal with distress, he recounted, “The last time the refuse was burned, I inhaled the smoke and immediately fell ill. I had to visit the hospital for treatment, incurring expenses despite not having the…
On the last Sunday of June this year, members of an armed separatist group in Nigeria assembled for a Zoom meeting. Meetings like this have been held weekly since January to raise money for the group’s activities. They follow the same routine, starting with Land of the Rising Sun, an anthem adopted by Biafra when it broke away from Nigeria half a century ago. Then, they observe a minute silence for ‘fallen heroes’. Then, they play a second anthem used today by the group’s militia. But there was something a bit unusual about this particular meeting on June 30. The ‘Prime…
The Kogi Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in partnership with the State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), has vaccinated more than 200,000 livestock against anthrax.
Ekiti State has made substantial strides in key health indicators, as highlighted in the latest Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS).