ABUJA — No fewer than 48 million Nigerians still practice open defecation, according to the newly released 2021 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping (WASH-NORM) III Report. This is the thrust at the inauguration of the 2021 WASH-NORM III Report in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, said slow progress being made in improving water and sanitation services was due to population expansion, low commitments from states and...
For centuries, it has been a belief that the pride of a woman is the length and lustre of her hair, but today, women adorning different low-cut styles, traditionally meant for the menfolk, have become a common sight. Although not entirely modern, women going on low-cut is now more predominant than in the traditional society. Traditionally, in some parts of the South-Eastern and South-Southern parts of the country, women who wear low cuts are either...
ENUGU — The healthcare centre in Orba Udenu Local Government Area, Enugu State has received some medical equipment from Dave Ogbonnaya Ugwu, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dumaco Best Properties Limited. Some of the equipment includes two Neonatal incubators, phototherapy machine, two Radiant warmers, a portable Anesthetic machine, and others. Presenting the equipment to Udenu Type-3 Healthcare centre in the presence of the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ikechukwu Obi, and the management team of the...
Netflix has announced a reality show based on ‘Squid Game’, the South Korean survival drama, and seeks recruits for the show. Squid Game, which became one of the biggest-ever hits on Netflix in 2021, was seen as a biting satire on modern capitalism. It tells the story of a contest where 456 players, deeply in debt, are drawn from different walks of life to play children’s games for the chance to win ₩45.6 billion, with...
Nigerian singer and songwriter, Temilade Openiyi, known as Tems, has been diagnosed with Reflux Laryngitis, a voice disorder that results from irritation and swelling of the vocal folds. Tems disclosed the sad development via her social media pages. The singer’s heartfelt note to her fans read: “It breaks my heart to say this but there’s no other option for me. I’m not feeling too good at the moment. “After my last performance, I was diagnosed...
The Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital Abuja Dr, Jaf Monoh has said the hospital was upgraded to a 500-bed hospital with its new 50-bed-space cancer centre. Monoh at a press briefing in Abuja said the new cancer centre would enable the hospital to move cancer patients to the same environment, unlike before when the patients were sharing the general wards with other patients. “We have about 50 beds in the new cancer centre...
Nigerian singer, Michael Olayinka, who goes by the stage name Ruger, has once again been sexually molested while performing on stage. The singer who had his manhood held in March was sexually molested again as a lady kissed him on stage. It is to be recalled that in March, Ruger, in a viral video, stormed off the stage in the middle of performance after an overbearing fan reached for his private part and grabbed him...
No fewer than 65 children have died as a result of the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in the state, Jigawa State Ministry of Health says. According to state epidemiologist at the Ministry of Health, Samaila Mahmud while speaking to newsmen said the state has recorded over 257 cases in 18 out of the 27 local government areas in the state as a result of the disease. “Out of the number of cases recorded so...
Popular Canadian singer, Justin Bieber, has revealed that he has Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a rare condition that has paralyzed half his face. The 28-year-old pop star made the disclosure in a three-minute video on his Instagram page on Friday, explaining the medical condition to be the reason for the cancellation of his tour. In the clip posted, Justin revealed the devastating outcomes of his diagnosis as he showed how his eye wasn’t flickering, can’t smile,...
Battle over ownership of Villa Estate sitting on 230 plots of lands acquired by health workers from Ozalla Abor community in 2015 has finally come to a positive end as the Enugu State Government reverses the revocation of the lands by immediate past Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development. According to the Land Use Act, revocation of lands must be with the consent of the State Governor but Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu State Governor denied knowledge...
