The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued an alert of the outbreak of meningitis in most parts of the country. The bulletin issued by the agency stated that there is high risk of meningitis outbreak due to current atmospheric conditions, especially in northern Nigeria. The states at high risk of the outbreak are; Katsina, Jigawa, [...
More than 50 people have died from an unknown disease in the northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) local authorities reported today. Actualite news portal reported that over 943 cases of fever of unknown origin have been identified in Basankusu in the DRC’s Equateur Province since Feb. 9, with 52 fatalities. Given the number [&helli...
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has confirmed that the state has recorded 23 deaths and 48 confirmed cases of Lassa fever between January and December 2024. Nwifuru reported that 25 individuals infected with Lassa fever were treated and discharged, expressing grief over those who lost their lives and commending Doctors Without Borders...
No fewer than 10 persons have died in fresh outbreak of cholera in Ebonyi State. The deaths were recorded in Ndibokote village in Ezza-Inyimagu, Agbaja Autonomous Community, Izzi local government area, reports The Nation. Commissioner for Health Moses Ekuma confirmed the outbreak and the deaths in an interview with our correspondent today. Eku...
•Mpox The Akwa Ibom State Government says it has recorded five cases of Mpox (formerly known as Monkey Pox) in the state. The disease surveillance and notification officer of the Ministry of Health, Mr Samuel Etuk, who said the cases were reported in some local government areas, first confirmed four cases, before an additional case. […]...
Electronic-related financial crime is gaining massive ground in the country. This is anticipated because as technology continues to modernise different operations, crimes like identity theft will also gain traction, reports Vanguard. Identity theft occurs when someone dubiously gains access to another person’s personal information, like name, ...
•Fuel queues Many filling stations operated by independent oil marketers have now fixed the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at between N900 and N1,000/litre. Owners of these stations seem not to care about the cost of the product at retail outlets operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, reports The PU...
•Mpox The Osun State Government has announced the confirmation of a monkeypox (Mpox) outbreak in the Ilesa-West local government area of the state. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Health, Barrister Jola Akintola, in a statement released through the Ministry of Information bulletin today. While confirming the outbreak, Akintola reass...
•Former Executive Secretary, NEITI, Waziri Adio A former Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Waiziri Adio, has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to be transparent in its dealing. He said this while reacting to the national oil company’s response to reports th...
•Floods Following the floods that have ravaged farmlands in the northern part of the country, agricultural experts and big-time players in the agro-allied industry have sounded the alarm over an impending food crisis across the country as agricultural fortunes dip in the North. The experts insist that unless urgent and very drastic steps are i...
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