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Diabetes: The silent epidemic gripping Nigeria

As Nigeria continues to experience a rising tide in non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, VINCENT KURAUN’s highlights the challenges posed by…

5 months ago

HIV medicines boost lifespan for decades, offer hope for epidemic control  — Expert

AN expert in HIV medicine, Professor Sulaiman Akanmu, has said although there is no cure for HIV yet, the currently…

9 months ago

Wayward Ways and Means, epidemic of kidnapping

We are about to witness a mud-fight between two gods of integrity. In a Nigeria where the mantra is, if…

1 year ago

Nigeria going through epidemic of kidnapping —Amnesty Int’l

GLOBAL Watchdog, Amnesty International, on Monday raised the alarm on the increasing kidnapping cases in Nigeria. Its Nigerian Mission charged…

1 year ago

Is Betting the new epidemic threatening Nigeria’s future?

The tragic suicide of Onoh Chukwuma Richard, a young man full of potential who lost N2.5 million in bets, sends…

1 year ago

Silent epidemic: 7 lifestyle decisions to control junk food addiction

I'm sure you know what junk food is. Yes, those food items that contain high levels of fats, salt or…

2 years ago

Raising alarm on Nigeria’s rising yellow fever epidemic

OVER 160 million people - more than half of the country’s current estimated population - are at risk of yellow…

3 years ago

An epidemic of gender violence

IT cannot be the case that the world would want to normalise and make bearable the general violence against women…

3 years ago

Nigeria ill equipped to prevent looming NCDs epidemic —Study

As a silent epidemic of non communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, stroke and cancers looms in Nigeria, a study…

9 years ago

Congo declares yellow fever epidemic, 1,000 suspected cases

Democratic Republic of Congo declared a yellow fever epidemic in three provinces including the capital Kinshasa on Monday after confirming…

9 years ago

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