Health
‘A chance to stay alive’: NLC appeals to workers to take COVID-19 vaccine
President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba on Monday urged workers across the country to take the COVID-19…
Russia tops 1,000 daily COVID-19 deaths for first time
Russia on Saturday topped 1,000 deaths over 24 hours for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic,…
Hope rises as UK announces ‘life changing’ treatment for sickle cell disease
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) has announced what it described as a “life changing treatment” for sickle cell…
Lithuanian doctors find kilo of screws, nails in man’s stomach
Doctors in Lithuania said on Friday they had removed over a kilogram of nails and screws from the stomach of…
5 cases confirmed as cholera hits Ekiti
The Ekiti state government has raised an alarm to keep residents on red alert after five suspected cases of cholera…
Cholera outbreak confirmed in Oyo
The Oyo State government on Friday confirmed an outbreak of cholera in some parts of Ido, Akinyele and Irepo local…
India restricts religious festivals over new COVID-19 surge fears
Indian authorities are restricting major religious festivals that start this week and attract huge crowds, warning that a new Covid-19…
EU takes Japan off COVID-safe travel list
European Union ambassadors on Wednesday agreed to remove six countries, including Japan, from the bloc’s covid safe travel list, meaning…
U.S. donates five million insecticide-treated bed nets to control malaria in Oyo
U.S. government, through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), donated five million bed nets to Nigeria’s Oyo State as part of…
COVID-19: 1,094 returning travellers from red-listed countries have absconded from isolation in Lagos
Over 1,000 returning travellers from red-listed countries, including India, South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey, have absconded from isolation in Lagos…