Organization Urges Parents, Teachers To Educate Youths, and Children On Drug Abuse

As a measure to reduce the risk of mental illnesses and other risky behaviours associated with drug abuse among children, and youths, Vanguard Against Drug Abuse (VGADA) Abuja, has urged parents and teachers to educate them on the dangers of intake of the substances. Dr Hope Omeiz, Executive Director of the centre disclosed this in a message to commemorate the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking or World Drug Day on Monday in...

Cholera Claims Over One Hundred Lives In Five Months – WHO

No fewer than 194,897 persons have died due to a cholera outbreak from January 1st, 2024 to May 26th, 2024 and1, 932 cases recoded globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. According to World health body, Eastern Mediterranean Region recorded the highest numbers of the reported cases from 24 countries across five WHO regions. The global stockpile of Oral Cholera Vaccines (OCV) was depleted until early March but exceeded the emergency target of 5 million...

FG, Stakeholders Strategize To End Increasing Rate Of STIs, HIV

The Federal Government (FG), AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria and other stakeholders have strategized to deploy Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) as a panacea for the ever increasing rate of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as well as unplanned pregnancies among youths. According to reports, the agreement which was a fallout of a Focus Group Discussion (FGD), organized by AHF Nigeria to commemorate the 2024 International Day of the African Child (IDAC) would...

Lagos Oriental Hotel Hosts 2024 Africa Illustrious Award

All is set for the 2024 Africa Illustrious Award, going to be held on Friday, June 21, 2024, at the Lagos Oriental Hotel in Victoria Island of Lagos, Nigeria. The continental event which hopes to attract several leaders of industries, political leaders, tech innovators, inventors, youth leaders, community leaders, administrators, and other trailblazers in diverse works of life across Africa, is expected to kick start around 3 pm this Friday. This edition is the 5th...

NAFDAC Warns Nigerians Against Storing Cooked Food In Refrigerators

 Nigerians have been advised to abstain from keeping cooked food in the refrigerator for more than three days which will be exposed to contamination by disease-causing pathogens, leading to foodborne diseases that can lead to death. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 600 million, almost one in 10 people in the world fall ill after eating contaminated food, and 420,000 die every year, resulting in the loss of 33 million healthy life...

Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ Makes Afrobeats History with 1 Billion US Streams

Nigerian superstar Rema has achieved another major milestone with his hit song “Calm Down.” According to Chart Data, the song featuring Selena Gomez has officially surpassed one billion on-demand streams in the United States, a first for both Afrobeats and African music. “Calm Down”, released in February 2022 as a single off Rema’s “Rave and Roses” album, took the world by storm, especially in the US. The remix with Selena Gomez became a megahit, setting...

Nigeria Records 1,141 Cholera Cases, With 30 Deaths In Six Months – NCDC

As the rainy season intensifies, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has released a report indicating that there are increasing cases of cholera across the country. Cholera is a food and water-borne disease, caused by the ingestion of the organism Vibrio cholerae in contaminated water and food. NCDC Director General, Dr. Jide Idris in a statement said: “From the 1st of January to the 11th of June 2024, a total of 1,141 suspected...

1.3 Million People Die From Second Hand Smoke Every Year-WHO

Due to the devastating effect of Tobacco smoking on humans, the World Health Organization, WHO, Members state established World No Tobacco Day in 1987, to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. On June 10, 2015, the Tobacco Control Act was signed into law to regulate the production, manufacture, sale, labeling, and promotion of tobacco and tobacco products in Nigeria. Despite warnings by the Federal Ministry of...

Nigeria’s former Minister of Health, Tim Menakaya Turns 90 Years

Dr. Tim Menakaya, Ide Umunya, former Nigeria’s Minister of Health on Monday, May 27th, marked his 90thyear. Dr. Menakaya, born on May 27th, 1934, reached the remarkable age of 90 years on Monday and was joined by family and friends to celebrate the special occasion. The now 90-year-old Dr. Menakaya received his training in medicine and surgery at the University of Bologna in Italy and later worked in Italy and the United Kingdom before his...

Nigerian Government Bans Money Rituals in Films

The Nigerian government has banned the depiction of money rituals and ritual killings in films, music videos, and comedy skits.The ban was officially enacted on 22nd May 2024, by the National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB. Shaibu Husseini, CEO of the NFVCB, announced the new regulation, titled “Prohibition of Money Ritual, Ritual Killing, Tobacco, Tobacco Products, Nicotine Product Promotion and Glamorisation Display in Movies, Musical Videos and Skits Regulations 2024” at a Nollywood stakeholders...

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