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April 19, 2023

FG to increase tax on tobacco products from 30% to 50%

The federal government says it will increase excise tax on tobacco products from 30 per cent ad-valorem to 50 per cent as part of measures to control tobacco smoking.

People smoking credit { BBC}
April 19, 2023

U.S. authorises second dose of updated COVID-19 booster for old people

According to the FDA, the monovalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines are no longer authorised for use in the U.S.

An elderly woman taking Covid-19 vaccine
April 18, 2023

Brain Drain: Okowa says Nigeria has capacity to export doctors, nurses

Mr Okowa believes Nigeria can “enter into a bilateral relationship with other countries to export some of our nurses, midwives and doctors.”

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and nurses
April 18, 2023

Scorching heat kills 11 people, 50 hospitalised in Mumbai

Eleven people died from scorching heat after attending a government event, where a large crowd gathered outdoors in Mumbai, India.

11 people die of heatstroke attending Maharashtra Bhushan programme
April 17, 2023

79 died from 1,336 cases of cholera: NCDC

It said that of all suspected cases, 53 per cent were males and 47 per cent were females.

Cholera patients
April 17, 2023

NAFDAC approves R21 vaccine for malaria treatment

According to Ms Adeyeye, the R21 malaria vaccine is an adjuvanted protein vaccine presented as a sterile solution.

NAFDAC and R21 malaria vaccine
April 17, 2023

Oral cancer kills 700 Nigerians yearly: FG

Health minister Osagie Ehanire says 746 Nigerians die annually from oral cancer complications.

Oral Cancer (Credit: Claybrook Dental)
April 17, 2023

Sexually abused boy kills self after radio station reveals his identity

Master Filiks committed suicide in March at the family’s Szczecin home after being publicly identified as the victim of a jailed paedophile.

Radio Szczecin
April 14, 2023

28 Nigerian women die from cervical cancer daily: Gynaecologist

The expert warned against early exposure to sex at a tender age especially younger than 18 years old and having many sexual partners.

Cervical cancer (credit: Health Central)
April 14, 2023

Health minister Ehanire backs Reps bill to prevent medical doctors from travelling after graduation

Minister Ehanire, however, insists that the intention of the bill is good because it is talking about curbing brain drain of doctors.

Osagie Ehanire