Fewer Nigerians defecating in public – UNICEF
Here’s some good news for Nigeria: fewer people are defecating in public, opting to use a toilet instead. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that UNICEF Communication Specialist Geoffery Njoku ...
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A soda a day increases risk of kidney stones
Drinking a can of soda or other sugary drink a day could increase the risk of kidney stones by nearly a quarter, a new study finds. The study, published Wednesday in the Clinical Journal of the Ameri...
UNICEF says over 180,000 teenagers living with HIV in Nigeria
More than 180,000 teenagers are living with HIV in Nigeria, the United Nation Children Education Fund (UNICEF) said here on Tuesday. The figure was released during a national dialogue on adolescents ...
“Virgin cleansing” – HIV positive father rapes 2-yea...
Here is some truly disturbing news. Police in Guateng are investigating a HIV positive father who allegedly raped his two-year-old daughter because he believed “sex with a virgin would cure him...
Nigeria to build hospital exclusively for snakebite patients
A local NGO are set to build a hospital in northern Nigeria that will exclusively treat snakebites, the cause of death for hundreds in the region. Voice of America reports that health officials have ...
Study shows women who eat strawberries and bluberries reduce risk of h...
A new study suggests that women who load up on strawberries and blueberries all year round reduce their risk of heart attack. According to the Daily Mail, experts believe the high content of flavonoi...
3 dead, 42 hospitalized in Osun state cholera outbreak
A cholera outbreak in southwest Nigeria has claimed three lives and left 42 others hospitalized, health officials said on Friday. The affected zone, according to authorities is Ede north and south lo...
Bauchi governor rescues patient whose kidneys were removed by shady do...
The Bauchi state government has come to the aide of 25-year-old Abubakar Buba, the young man who’s kidneys were allegedly removed in a private hospital in the state where he had gone to for a t...
Woman, 49, gives birth to grandson
SAPA/AP – A 49-year-old US woman has given birth to her grandson after her daughter was precluded from becoming pregnant because of a heart condition. The Portland Press Herald newspaper report...
Nigeria to adopt new HIV preventive measures
China Daily – Nigeria is to adopt the new technology for the prevention of HIV transmission, especially among discordant couples. John Idoko, the Director-General of the National Agency for the...