* 30 million cases reduced to zero Amid the sombreatmosphere over the global health space in the past 30 months due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, One news that has generated so much optimism recently is thof China’s certification as malaria-free by the World Health Organization. This certification came after 70 years of consistent efforts…
ABUJA, NIGERIA; JULY 31, 2021 – As part of its contribution toward helping to reduce the housing shortage in Nigeria, Stratech Properties Limited, a real estate brokerage company, has launched new home ownership products for doctors and other critical off-taker groups. In his address during the products launch which took place at the company’s stand…
A 64-year-old Internally Displaced Person, Mr. John Adamu, has cried out to governments at all levels and fellow Nigerians to come to his aid as he battles prostate cancer. Adamu, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria at the IDP Camp, Kuchigoro, in Abuja, said on Saturday that he was doing well in Gwoza, Borno…
Nigeria’s latest surge in coronavirus infections gathered pace on Wednesday with new confirmed cases rising above 500 for the first time in four months following the spread of the more contagious Delta variant. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) figures on Thursday morning, showed another 535 cases were reported on Wednesday. Newsmen report that…
The Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) says the African continent was faced with syndemics, a combination of emerging infectious diseases, which are increasing the disease burden across the continent, according to John Nkengasong, Director, Africa CDC. Me Nkengasong stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, day two of the Nigerian Conference of Applied and…
he North East Development Commission (NEDC) has commenced free surgery for 100 women with Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) in Borno. The Chairman of the commission, Retired Maj.-Gen. Paul Tarfa, said at the launch of the surgery in Maiduguri on Tuesday, that NEDC was concerned about the growing number of women with VVF. Also known as…
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has fully vaccinated 90 percent of its eligible adult population within just seven days, after receiving vaccines via foreign donations, its health ministry has said. The tiny country, wedged between India and China and home to nearly 800,000 people, began giving out second doses on July 20 in a mass…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the country’s COVID-19 active cases now stand at 4,180, with majority of the infected people in stable condition. In its verified website on Monday morning, the centre said it registered 216 new COVID-19 cases as of July 25. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
The global economy seems to be booming. This is coming, only a year after COVID-19 triggered deepest recession across the world. Almost all advanced economies will go back to their pre-pandemic per-capita income levels in 2022. In some parts of the world, clearly, the pandemic’s damage is being repaired quickly. Not so in the 74…
