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El Niño: What Nigerians Should Expect 2 min read

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El Niño: What Nigerians Should Expect

Ranti Thomas 1 week ago 57

El Niño, a climate phenomenon associated with unusually warm temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, is drawing attention because of its potential to... Read More

Ebola Alert: Nigeria Steps Up Emergency Preparedness as Infected Diplomat Battles Critical Complications 2 min read

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Ebola Alert: Nigeria Steps Up Emergency Preparedness as Infected Diplomat Battles Critical Complications

Ranti Thomas 1 week ago 53

Wellington Jopelo Nigeria’s public health authorities have intensified emergency preparedness across the country following reports that a diplomat diagnosed with Ebola has developed multiple-organ failure,... Read More

Nigeria Activates Emergency Measures as Imported Ebola Case Triggers Contact Tracing in Abuja 3 min read

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Nigeria Activates Emergency Measures as Imported Ebola Case Triggers Contact Tracing in Abuja

Ranti Thomas 1 week ago 53

Nigeria has stepped up its public health response following the confirmation of an imported Ebola virus disease case in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with... Read More

Adun-ni Initiative Set to Launch in Lagos, Pledges Stronger Support for Sickle Cell Warriors 5 min read

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Adun-ni Initiative Set to Launch in Lagos, Pledges Stronger Support for Sickle Cell Warriors

Ranti Thomas 3 weeks ago 82

The Adun-ni Initiative for Sickle Cell Care is set to begin its public operations with a formal launch in Lagos, as the organisation seeks to... Read More

High Demand Leaves Anti-HIV Injection Out of Stock in Four States 3 min read

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High Demand Leaves Anti-HIV Injection Out of Stock in Four States

Ranti Thomas 1 month ago 81

Growing demand for the twice-yearly HIV prevention injection, Lenacapavir, has exhausted available supplies in parts of Nigeria, with sex workers and other eligible people increasingly... Read More

Tinubu Mourns Peter Onwubuariri, Presidential Media Aide Dies At 48 2 min read

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Tinubu Mourns Peter Onwubuariri, Presidential Media Aide Dies At 48

Ranti Thomas 2 months ago 103

President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of Peter Onwubuariri, Assistant Director of Media at the Presidential Villa, who died in Kano after a prolonged... Read More

Former Katsina Senator Bello Mandiya Dies At 62 1 min read

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Former Katsina Senator Bello Mandiya Dies At 62

Ranti Thomas 2 months ago 107

Former Senator representing Katsina South, Bello Mandiya, has died at the age of 62, throwing Katsina State’s political community into mourning. Mandiya died on Monday,... Read More

Plateau Shuts All Schools as Diphtheria Outbreak Claims 23 Lives 3 min read

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Plateau Shuts All Schools as Diphtheria Outbreak Claims 23 Lives

Ranti Thomas 2 months ago 99

The Plateau State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all public and private primary and secondary schools across the state following growing concerns over... Read More

Former Guardian Editor Debo Adesina Battles Stroke in Canada, Family Seeks Help 2 min read

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Former Guardian Editor Debo Adesina Battles Stroke in Canada, Family Seeks Help

Ranti Thomas 2 months ago 235

Veteran Nigerian journalist and former Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian, Debo Adesina, is currently hospitalised in Canada after suffering a severe stroke. Adesina, who also served... Read More

Denmark, Sweden to issue digital vaccine ‘passports’ 2 min read

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Denmark, Sweden to issue digital vaccine ‘passports’

Theroyal Time 6 years ago 479

Sweden on Thursday announced it would start the development of digital vaccine certificates, to be used for travel and potentially more, following a similar move... Read More