A new report by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) has revealed that the global mortality rate has declined by 67 per cent since 1950, despite population growth and ageing. The study, which covered 204 countries and territories as well as 660 subnational locations between 1990 and 2023, was published in The Lancet medical journal and released on its website on Sunday. The findings were presented at the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany, which runs from Sunday to Tuesday. According to the report, global life expectancy has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, rising by over 20 years since 1950 —…
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The Managing Director of Alpha Geek Technologies, Mr. Seun Dania, has commended the Federal Government for its commitment to advancing e-governance and digital transformation across Nigeria. Dania described the move as a bold step toward modernizing public service delivery and strengthening transparency and efficiency in governance. Speaking in an interview with reporters on Sunday in Lagos, he said the government’s ongoing digital reforms were improving access to essential services and fostering accountability in public administration. He noted that the National Digital Economy and e-Governance Bill, currently before the National Assembly, would provide a comprehensive legal framework for Nigeria’s growing digital…
The Annual National Agricultural Show, now in its 17th edition, will be held on its permanent showground in Karu, about 28 kilometres from Abuja along the Keffi Road in Nasarawa State, between November 24 and 28, 2025. The event aims to bring together smallholder farmers, researchers, farm machinery manufacturers, federal and state government ministries and agencies, private institutions, food vendors, and the general public for five days of knowledge exchange, innovation, and collaboration. Networking and knowledge sharing The show offers a vital platform for stakeholders — including producers, technology providers, and buyers — to share ideas, technologies, and regulatory updates.…
There are these two half-brothers I opened my eyes to find yapping at each other—like two Rottweiler puppies tearing at each other for the fattest bone around. I came into this world and met them at it; I am sure I will exit it and return to my Creator, leaving them still at it. I would not have written about them, or even minded their sibling rivalries, if not for the fact that they have sucked the rest of the world into their feud, so much so that we now see our world through their lens. Their fight has become…
Health experts have called for urgent, coordinated action to tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in cancer care, warning that drug-resistant infections are undermining treatment success and survival rates among cancer patients globally. The warning was contained in a newly released white paper titled “How Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Cancer Care: Uncovering a Growing Crisis,” jointly published by AMR Insights and Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD). A copy of the report was made available to journalists on Saturday. The paper was developed following an international roundtable held on June 25, 2025, which brought together leading oncologists, microbiologists, and infectious…
The Federal Government has directed all tertiary institutions in Nigeria to immediately reconcile and utilise unaccessed and unutilised education intervention funds within 30 days or risk sanctions. Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, CON, issued the directive during a strategic meeting in Abuja with Vice Chancellors, Rectors, Provosts, Bursars, and Procurement Officers from public universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education. He described the failure of some institutions to utilise intervention funds meant for infrastructure and academic development as a major setback to national progress, warning that the era of idle allocations was over. “This meeting is not for blame…
Even as key Arab states condemned the war in the Gaza Strip, they quietly expanded security cooperation with the Israeli military, leaked U.S. documents reveal. Those military ties were thrown into crisis after Israel’s September airstrike in Qatar, but could now play a key role in overseeing the nascent ceasefire in Gaza. Over the past three years, facilitated by the United States, senior military officials from Israel and six Arab countries came together for a series of planning meetings in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, and Qatar. Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to the first phase of a peace framework that…
The Akwa Ibom State Government has launched the Nigeria Solar for Health Project (NISHP) to address the problem of unstable electricity supply in the health sector. Governor Umo Eno, in his keynote address during the state launch on Friday in Uyo, said the initiative was in collaboration with the European Union (EU). He explained that the project aligns with the state’s vision of ensuring universal, reliable, and sustainable energy access for all communities, particularly in rural and peri-urban areas. Represented by the Deputy Governor, Sen. Akon Eyakenyi, Eno noted that Akwa Ibom had taken bold steps to domesticate the Electricity…
The Kogi State Government has launched a major initiative to rehabilitate nine livestock markets across the three senatorial districts of the state. The bid opening ceremony for the project was held on Friday at the Kogi State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (Kogi L-PRES) Project office in Lokoja. Project Coordinator, Mr. Abdulkabir Otaru, highlighted the significance of the initiative and assured stakeholders of a transparent and fair selection process. Otaru described the rehabilitation effort as a new dawn in Kogi’s livestock value chain and commended Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for his unwavering support. He disclosed that the World Bank had…
The National Mathematical Centre (NMC) says it plans to collaborate with the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, and the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to strengthen teaching, learning, and research in mathematical sciences. This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Controller of Information and Public Relations at the Centre, Mr. Onyekachi Njoku. Njoku quoted the Director/Chief Executive of the Centre, Prof. Promise Mebine, as saying this during a meeting of the Centre’s Governing Council. Mebine said the partnership aims to enhance academic activities leading to the award of postgraduate degrees in Mathematics,…