Diabetes Problem Makes Africa More Vulernable to COVID-19 Death, Says WHO

NAIROBI — Death rates from COVID-19 infections were much higher in patients with diabetes in Africa, where the number of people with diabetes is growing rapidly, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. A WHO analysis of data from 13 African countries found a 10.2 per cent case fatality rate in COVID-19 patients with diabetes, compared with 2.5 per cent for COVID-19 patients overall. “COVID-19 is delivering a clear message, fighting the diabetes epidemic in...

Rivers Angels Lose to Mamelodi Sundowns, Out of CAF Women’s Champions League

ABUJA — Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt are out of the maiden CAF Women’s Champions League in Egypt, after losing 0-1 to Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa on Tuesday. A first-half goal by Zanele Nhlapho in the 17th minute sealed the fate for the Nigerians at the El Salaam Stadium, Cairo. The game saw the Port Harcourt side create lots of scoring chances it could not convert to goals. However, a 53-minute goal by Maryann...

Tuberculosis: 41,000 People At Risk In Benue State

BAUCHI — The Benue state programme manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control, Dr. Igbabul Ishember says no fewer than 41,000 people in Benue State are at the risk of being infected by Tuberculosis (TB) at the end of 2021. Ishember, who is also the Deputy Director, Public Health, in the Ministry of Health and Human Services, in an interview said, from January to date only 4,135 TB patients representing 28 percent have been identified and placed...

Food Inflation Caused by Insecurity — Magashi

ABUJA — The minister of defence, Bashir Magashi, has said the food influx in Nigeria is triggered by the country’s security situation. The minister disclosed this at the opening of a retreat for defence advisers/attaches, organised by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Abuja. According to him, the attacks by bandits,  Boko Haram insurgents, the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) and other outlaw gangs poses serious security threats to Nigeria. The threats currently...

6,054 Youths So far Benefited From Investment Fund – Minister

ABUJA — The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has said that 6,054 Youths have so far benefited from the Nigerian Youths Investment Fund, receiving between N250,000 to N3 million each. The minister said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Youth Development on Monday, in Abuja, to defend his ministry’s 2022 budget proposal. He stated that the Federal Government was in a hurry to get support for...

Taaooma Under Serious Attack From the Youths for Meeting With the Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo Behind Closed Doors

A Nigerian comedienne, Apaokagi Adedoyin Maryam, popularly known as Taaooma has been castigated by the youths for meeting with Vice President Yemi Osibanjo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Vice President on Wednesday received on a courtesy call, a delegation of young Nigerian (comedy) Skit Industry practitioners under the aegis of the Nigeria Skits Industry Awards (NSIA), led by its promoter, Bimbo Daramola. The delegation also included Josh Alfred (Josh2funny); Ayo Ajewole (Woli Agba); Adebamiro...

Odumakin’s Wife Gives Birth to Twins Six Month After Husband’s Death

Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, a Nigerian social crusader and widow of the late spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, was delivered of twins – a boy and a girl – at a hospital in the United States of America on Wednesday. The PUNCH gathered that both mother and the babies are in excellent health condition. The ‘miracle’ birth fulfilled the wishes of the late Odumakin to have another baby to be named after him. The couple who...

Kano State Government Sealed Off Green-Olives Hospital

KANO — Due to professional misconduct and poor service, the Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) has sealed off Green-Olives Hospital, Gadon Kaya, Gwale local government area. Abba Dalha, spokesperson of the agency in a statement said the agency has received a petition that the facility has recorded two death cases in the last six months. The statement said: “After thorough investigation, the agency found that the hospital does not undertake proper investigation...

Mental Health: What It Is Not

Also, mental health is not mental illness. Mental illnesses are disorders that affect one’s behaviour and mood. The term “mental health” is a word that has been misinterpreted by many to mean different things. Some of these assumptions have thus become factual information overtime to many, breeding some form of aversion towards the concept; hence, it is important to debunk the myth surrounding mental health. First off, what is the conventional meaning of mental health?...

Over 12 Million Nigerian Children Traumatized-President Buhari

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari says over 12 million Nigerian children, mostly girls, are currently traumatized and afraid of going to school, as a result of the incessant attacks on the education system. The President while flagging off of the 4th International Conference on Safe Schools Declaration in Abuja on Tuesday said the abduction of pupils/students, increased activities of insurgence, and general insecurity in schools had exacerbated factors responsible for the growing number of out-of-school...

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