Building on the success of the digital series “One World: Together at Home,” Global Citizen and the World Health Organization (WHO) are partnering for a special one-night event of the same name, to air across BET/MTV/MTV base on Sunday, April…
BUK produces sanitizers
Bayero University’s Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry has mobilized its staff for the production of hand sanitizers to be used within the university campus and possibly the Kano community. Already, a number of the academic staff from the department…
April Fools’ Day has been postponed by Corona – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Today is April 1, alias “All Fools’ Day” or “April Fools’ Day”, but there is no joke all over the world. The day belongs to Coronavirus, alias Covid-19, the unchallengeable king that has sentenced all the peoples of the world…
Coronavirus: What is a pandemic and why use the term now?
As the virus spreads, preventative checks are taking place around the world The coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is a term that the organisation had refrained from using before now. A…
*NSCDC arrests eight for selling JAMB forms above official price (Nation) *19-year-old housewife kills husband in Katsina (DailyTrust)
NSCDC arrests eight for selling JAMB forms above official price (Nation) The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos Command, on Monday paraded eight men, allegedly involved in selling the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms above its…
Measles: Four European nations lose eradication status (BBC)
Measles has returned to four European nations previously seen as free of the illness, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The disease is no longer considered eradicated in Albania, the Czech Republic, Greece and the UK. “We are backsliding,…
Man dies from rabies after cat bite (BBC)
A Briton has died after contracting rabies while on holiday in Morocco, health officials have said. Public Health England said the victim became infected after being bitten by a cat. PHE issued a reminder to travellers to avoid coming into…
Cholera death toll climbs to 45 in Zimbabwe (Guardian)
At least 45 people have been killed by cholera in Zimbabwe in the past three weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday, describing the strain as “multi-drug resistant”. It said that an oral vaccine campaign was due to begin…
Congo says 3 new Ebola cases confirmed in large city (Washingtonpost)
Congo’s health minister says three new cases of the often lethal Ebola virus have been confirmed in a city of more than 1 million people. The statement issued late Friday says the confirmed cases are in Mbandaka city, where a…
