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Promote good governance, UNODC workshop participants urge media
Participants at a three-day workshop on Anti-Corruption in Nigeria organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently in Calabar have called on the mass media
USAID re-launches $10,000 reward for whistle-blowers on fake malaria drugs
The office of Inspector-General (OIG), of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has re-launched its reward for persons who would help it with information on stolen and
Progress on male contraceptive
Scientists discover way to stop sperm swimming Could be taken by just before sex The fast-acting effect of the pill could wear off for men within days British scientists have
EU partners UNODC, NAPTIP to mark decade of anti-trafficking campaigns
The European Union (EU), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) are collaborating on
Chevron begins mass dewarming of Lagos school children
By Rebecca Ejifoma The co-venture of NNPC/Chevron has begun its campaign of deworming at least 60, 000 pupils from various primary schools in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State
Nollywood star, Kate Henshaw joins battle against malaria
Entertainment icon Kate Henshaw has enlisted in the battle to raise awareness about the deadly consequences of malaria and pledged to join advocacy efforts. Henshaw made the commitment Thursday, October
Malaria not “common” but deadly – expert
A professor of paediatrics, Olugbenga Mokuolu wants Nigerians to adopt a change of attitude towards malaria and see it as a fatal disease that it is instead of under-estimating it
Americas eliminate measles
… fifth vaccine-preventable disease to be eliminated from the region The Region of the Americas has become the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can
Japanese researcher wins 2016 Nobel prize for medicine
Japanese biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi has been declared winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine. According to the announcement by the Nobel Assembly at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, the biologist was awarded
Novo Nordisk launches diabetes awareness campaign
… Minister Urges Regular Check With statistic showing that 40,800 persons died of diabetes related-cases in Nigeria last year, the Minister of Health, Isaac F. Adewole, has urged adult Nigerians
Doctor, is this cancer?
DR NIYI’S CLINIC Dear doctor, I’m a single 23 years old lady. Two months ago, I noticed a soft swelling on my private part. Although it is not painful, it becomes