Lassa fever kills 41 in 19 states as Osun quarantines 76 suspected cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday said there have been 365 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 41 deaths in 19 states. Its Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fatality rate was lower

FG moves to end Fish importation in 2022-FG

In pursuance of President Mohammadu Buhari led Federal Government policy to make the country self reliant and sufficiency in food production, the federal government has assure its resolve to end fish importation will stop in 2020. It said it would invest appropriately to

Adult Corner: Sex, health benefits, dangers

By PETERS Onyinyechi Though a controversial topic among religious devotees, sex has continued to remain at the epicenter of human discourse through the years. Sex constitutes the eternal energy from which issue of all the forms and differentiations which we see manifested in

Nigerians must pay to enjoy stable power – TCN boss

For Nigeria to have stable electricity supply, the power sector be run like a business where consumers are ready pay, Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Usman Gur Mohammed has said. The TCN boss stated this in Kaduna at the weekend

2m Nigerian children at risk of dying from pneumonia — Report

Boosting efforts to fight pneumonia could avert over two million child deaths from pneumonia and other major diseases in Nigeria, new analysis has found. The modelling by Johns Hopkins University is being released today as nine leading health and children’s agencies host the

Governor El-Rufai performs groundbreaking of Tomato Processing Plant

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Monday, performed the groundbreaking of a multi-billion naira Tomato Processing Plant owned by Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited. The CBN-assisted plant which is to utilize raw materials from a 400 hectare tomato farm established by the

Wuhan Coronavirus epidemics: Two Cases confirmed in the U.S

A second case of the deadly new strain of coronavirus sweeping China has been confirmed in the U.S., health officials said on Friday. A person who returned to the U.S. state of Illinois from Wuhan in central China, where the outbreak originated, is

NewsTrack Special: Sugar, Diabetes, prevention and Management

Sugar is very common in our lives, and almost everyone believes that it is an attractive sweet – one of many carbohydrates in the diet of civilised countries. But sugar is really quite an extraordinary substance. It is unique in the plant that

How U.S. Air Force 7,000 miles away nailed Iran’s Soleimani

Unknown to the world, an operator sitting at the console in the U.S Air Force Base at Creech in Nevada 7,000 miles away pushed the button of the drone that nailed Iran top General Qassem Soleimani. It is no longer news that Iran’s

Fastest way to die by choice: Thousands of Nigerians risk death consuming meat cooked with paracetamol

It is fast becoming a tradition in most homes and pubs to use paracetamol while boiling meat for quicker preparation. Truly this technique works wonders and very perfect but its disastrous side far out weighs the pleasure of quick fix for the tables.