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The Nigeria Medical Association on Monday in Ilorin urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the health sector. The Kwara Chairman of NMA, Dr. Abdulkadir Ahmed, made the call while addressing newsmen as part of…

DR Congo on Sunday announced a “resurgence” of Ebola in its troubled east after a woman died of the disease, just three months after authorities declared the end of the country’s previous outbreak. “We have another episode of the Ebola…

By Joy Nguri, The year 2020 started on a prospective note for Nigeria and Nigerians, with the expectation of increased economic activities, arising most especially, from the CBN’s sustained interventions in agriculture and Small and…

Ebola is likely to re-emerge in different regions across Africa in the future considering that it is a water-borne disease, Ngoy Nsenga, a leading expert at the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Ebola response team has said. Mr Nsenga,…

On 31st December 2019, COVID 19 the novel coronavirus detected in Wuhan, China was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in China. On 30th January 2020, it was declared a Public Health Emergency of International…

Liberian President, George Weah has announced that restrictions will be partially lifted on praying in mosques and churches aimed at curbing coronavirus while extending a lockdown in the capital Monrovia. In a statement on Friday, the…

By OLUSEGUN FAFORE   The fatality rate across the globe since the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Chinese town of Wuhan on December 31, 2019, has signaled that this is not the best of times for humanity.  With about 10,000…

Liberian President George Weah on Monday said that all travel from countries with over 200 coronavirus cases would be banned after the West African state recorded its first infection. The country on Monday announced that the head of its…

GBOYEGA AKOSILE Exactly a year ago, Lagosians came out in their numbers to cast their ballots and elected Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as Governor and Dr. Obafemi Hamzat as Deputy Governor of Lagos State. That decision made by the residents…

As the world grapples with the spread of novel coronavirus, in remote western DR Congo, officials are fighting a deadly outbreak of measles. More than 6,000 people have died from measles in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a year, the…