Nigerian govt raises tax on cigarettes to 30%
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said the government increased tax on cigarettes from 20 to 30 per cent in June...
7,256 Nigerian nurses left for UK in one year – Report
No fewer than 7,256 trained nurses in Nigeria relocated to the United Kingdom between March 2021 and March 2022.
The figure is contained in information...
Deltacron: Cyprus discovers combination of Delta, Omicron COVID-19 variants
Fears indicated in parts of the world that the COVID-19 pandemic may rage on are becoming real, according to the latest development in Cyprus.
In...
New COVID-19 variant discovered in France — but WHO says it’s...
A new COVID variant has been discovered in France.
The variant, called B.1.640.2 and dubbed the IHU variant, is said to have infected 12 people...
WHO hopes COVID-19 ends in 2022 as 5.4 million die in...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is hoping that the COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2022.
Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus expressed optimism at a press briefing...
Malaria vaccine, double-arm transplant… top medical breakthroughs of 2021
For almost two years, the world has been so focused on COVID and everything revolving around it — from tests to safety protocol and...
WHO: Omicron spreading unlike other COVID variants — now in 77...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Omicron COVID variant has now been detected in 77 countries.
Omicron — labelled a “variant of concern” —...
Mother-to-child HIV transmission: A critical concern
Although the global community was recently ensnared by COVID-19, an infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome, prior to its emergence, human immunodeficiency virus...
Sit-at-home, insecurity causing mental illness – Prof Igwe
Prof. Monday Igwe, Medical Director, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, says the sit-at-home directive and insecurity are among triggers of depression and mental illness in...
WHO: Ihekweazu appointed assistant DG
Nigeria’s Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has been appointed Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in charge of Health Emergency Intelligence with effect from...