Expert charges FG to reactivate presidential task force on COVID-19 to tackle mpox outbreak
A medical expert, Ishaku Akyala, has called on the federal government to reactivate the presidential task force in response to...
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Zuckerberg alleges Biden administration pushed for COVID-19 censorship on Meta
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said senior officials in the Biden administration had pressured his social media company to censor COVID-19...
US president bows to COVID-19, begins self-isolation in Delaware
U.S. President Joe Biden, under pressure from fellow Democrats to drop his re-election campaign, tested positive for COVID-19 while visiting...
First case of COVID-19 JN.1 strain found in Tunisia
The first case of the new COVID-19 JN.1 strain has been confirmed in Tunisia. The detection came from 60 samples...
Nigeria disease control agency breaks silence on new COVID-19 variant
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has cleared the air on the new EG.5 and BA.2.86 subvariants...
WHO reports tuberculosis as top infectious killer amid decline in global funding
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its Global Tuberculosis Report 2024, and the findings are alarming. Last year, TB...
FG announces 50% electricity subsidy for all public hospitals
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has declared that the Federal Government has approved...
#EndBadGovernance Protest: 2,111 detained, 1,403 in prison, says Femi Falana
Nigeria’s leading human rights legal icon, Femi Falana, SAN, has disclosed that a 10-day protest against bad governance, held from...
Nigeria’s northeast faces imminent hunger and death crisis, UN agency says, amid funding constraints
Citing lack of adequate funding, the United Nations humanitarian agency, OCHA, has warned of an impending severe food crisis in...
Trucking strangest cargoes: From rotten dead bodies to bombs, truck drivers share their most unforgettable loads
In a shocking revelation, truck drivers, who have been regarded as the shakers and movers of economies across the globe,...
