Health
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WHO to immunize 240,000 children against polio in Sokoto
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it plans to immunize 240,000 children with the Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV) in…
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UNICEF launches U-Report, targets one million u-reporters in 2015
UNICEF and partners, Wednesday, launched the U-Report, an innovative SMS-based platform that empowers Nigerians by enabling them to participate and…
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World’s first malaria vaccine ready for approval
The world’s first malaria vaccine could be approved by international regulators for use in Africa from October after final trial…
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One child in five still not vaccinated, says WHO
Nearly 22 million infants missed out in 2013 on the routine vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus One-fifth…
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Iraqi Forces To Take Tikrit From IS In 1 Week
The head of a Shia militia brigade, fighting alongside government forces, said that IS militants still held about 70% of…
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Nigeria: Boko Haram bomb factory uncovered in troubled northeast
The factory was tucked inside a fertilizer company in Buni Yadi town in Yobe state, according to officials. Islamist fighters…
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Foreign media plot to embarrass Nigeria – Minister
The supervising Minister of Information, Edem Duke, has alleged of a plot by a section of the foreign media to…
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Nigeria’s President: Boko Haram Trained with Islamic State
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says fighters from insurgent group Boko Haram have traveled to the Middle East for training with…
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Islamic State introduces new restrictions to prevent Mosul residents from fleeing city
Freedom from the Islamic State group comes at a steep price, as one newly wedded couple recently discovered. Eager to…
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Jonathan admits Nigeria lied over Morocco phone row; orders probe
President Goodluck Jonathan admitted Friday that he did not speak on telephone with the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, as…
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Crack baby myth goes up in smoke
PHILADELPHIA – From the moment she was born, much of the country assumed Jaimee Drakewood was doomed. Her mother had…
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Healing Cameroonians Chinese style
Yaounde, Cameroon – On the day Hu Guang was supposed to fly back home to China’s Si Cuan Cheng Du province, she checked…
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Ebola-related deaths pass 10,000 mark
The tally of Ebola-related deaths has passed the grim milestone of 10,000, mostly in West Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO)…
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Gaza fishermen: A life under attack
Gaza City – Abu Mohammad el-Hissi spent his whole life working on fishing boats before eventually becoming head of the…
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Russia cuts interest rates as rouble crisis eases
Russia’s central bank has cut its key interest rate by one percentage point to 14%, as concerns over inflation recede…
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Islamic State ‘accepts’ Boko Haram’s allegiance pledge
Islamic State (IS) has accepted a pledge of allegiance from Nigeria’s militant group Boko Haram, according to an audio message.…
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UK Jewellers Refuse To Sell Watch To Samuel Eto’o
Former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o today claimed he was the victim of racism when he went shopping in a west…
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