Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Health

March 24, 2021

UNFPA supports 32 VVF survivors from Lagos, other states

Some of the survivors came from Adamawa, Yobe, while Lagos and the Niger Republic.

UNFPA
March 24, 2021

Bird flu outbreak in Niger, government issues health warning

The statement advised the public and livestock marketers to minimise contacts with sick and dead birds.

Abubakar Sani Bello, Governor of Niger State.
March 22, 2021

More Britons becoming lonely, suicidal amid COVID-19: Report

Those experiencing suicidal thoughts had also risen year-on-year from eight per cent to 13 per cent.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
March 22, 2021

UNICEF decries Buhari regime’s failure to provide water to 27 million Nigerian children

Only nine litres of water on average are available daily to a Nigerian.

UNICEF
March 21, 2021

Expert states why over 50s should refrain from alcohol

Alcohol could make some vital organs in the body age speedily, she said.

Alcohol drinks
March 20, 2021

DATA CHART: COVID-19 has killed over 2,000 Nigerians and still counting

As of Friday, March 19, Nigeria has lost 2,027 people to the cold grip of the dreaded contagion, COVID-19

Abba Kyari, Abiola Ajimobi, and Buruji Kashamu
March 20, 2021

NBTS looking for 1million free blood donors

The target was set under the agency’s “One Million Safe Blood Units Initiative’’.

Blood donation (Credit: Nigerian Guardian)
March 20, 2021

8,000 athletes to be inoculated for National Sports Festival: Minister

“We are working closely with the PTF, NCDC and others to ensure the necessary support we need in terms of vaccination.”

Minister of youth and sports development Sunday Dare (Credit: Twitter)
March 20, 2021

COVID-19 cases now 161,539 in Nigeria: NCDC

The country’s death toll stood at 2,027 as of March 19, 2021.

Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC.
March 19, 2021

Vaccination alone cannot stop COVID-19: German health minister

Germany has already entered its third wave of infections, with its caseload – especially cases of the more contagious British coronavirus variant – on the rise again.

Jens Spahn. [PHOTO CREDIT: ZDF]