•World Hypertension Day As the global community marks World Hypertension Day, the worsening cost of living crisis, stress, ignorance and sedentary lifestyle have been named as the drivers of the silent killer in Nigeria. According to the Nigerian Cardiac Society (NCS), between 30 and 40 per cent of Nigerian adults live with High Blood Pressure...
•Chairman/CEO United Airline Limited, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Airlines Limited, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has said that air travel within Nigeria is one of the cheapest when compared with other countries globally. Okonkwo, who is also the Spokesperson for airline operators in Nigeria, made the submission...
•Some skin-lightening products The federal government has raised concerns as Nigeria has the highest usage rates of skin-lightening products globally, with a staggering 77% of Nigerian women using these products. It also sounded the alarm on the dangers of skin bleaching, calling it a public health problem that requires urgent attention, repor...
Nigerians have been ranked fifth among the world’s top social media users in 2024. Figures from Cable.co.uk and We Are Social in 2024, posted by World of Statistics on X yesterday placed the country fifth globally for average daily time spent online. According to the data, Nigerians spend an average of 3 hours and 23 […]
July 2024 was both the second-warmest July and the second-warmest month on record, the European Union’s climate change service, Copernicus, said today. July 2024 saw a global average temperature of 16.91 degrees Celsius, 0.04 degrees Celsius lower than the average temperature in July 2023, currently the hottest month on record, reports AFP. Un...
•Sun Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU’s climate monitor said today, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves. Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented global heat, the Copernicus Climate Change Service [&hellip...
•Nigerian passport The Nigerian passport has been ranked among the worst on the globe highlighting significant challenges for Nigerian travelers seeking international mobility. The latest assessment by VisaGuide’s World Passport Index ranked the Nigerian passport at 191 out of 199 countries above countries like North Korea (192), Iraq (193), L...
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