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According to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report, an estimated 420 million adults are diabetes. It also states that the number has been increasing steadily over the last three decades. According to its Global Report on Diabetes, the international organisation  noted that the prevalence of adult diabetes has nearly quadrupled…

Nigerians have been assured of a credible poll in next year’s general election. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who gave the assurance Thursday, said INEC will conduct credible elections come 2019. According to The Nation, Yakubu made the promise while speaking at the 6th…

An alleged cannibal who says he is tired of killing, walked into a police station holding a human leg. Nino Mbatha, 33, told cops he was “tired of eating human flesh”, and handed in part of a human leg and a hand to police at the station, a court heard…

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has called on the Katsina State Government to include HIV/AIDS in its health insurance scheme. NACA Director-General Dr Sani Aliyu made the call when he led a delegation to Governor Aminu Masari in Katsina on an advocacy visit for HIV/AIDS services and…

Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has come hard on people criticising the state’s Muslim-Muslim ticket ahead next year’s gubernatorial election, stating that the Government House is not a place of worship but a place of work. The governor made the statement on Tuesday in defence of his choice…

About 2, 045 Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) have been reportedly stolen from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Akwa Ibom State. The theft happened at the Local Government Area office in Okobo, Akwa Ibom State. Dr. Mohammed Mustapha Lecky, the National Commissioner, INEC, supervising Akwa Ibom, Delta and…

A call has been made for the addition of 155, 000 doctors at the ratio of one doctor to 1000 people in Nigeria. Prof. Usman Ahmed, Provost, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Federal University Dutse who made the call, said the aimed is for the country   to be able…

1,801 persons have been killed in the recent attacks in Plateau State, with 50,212 persons displaced from their ancestral homes, according to a committee set up Plateau State government to look into the killings in the state.   Vanguard reports that, AVM Bala Danbaba (retd), Chairman of the Committee on…

An estimated 40 million Nigerians are believed to be suffering from mental disorder, a top government official has said. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Abdulaziz Mashi Abdullahi, gave the hint on Monday at the on-going mental health action committee and stakeholders’ workshop in Abuja. Abdullahi attributed the country’s…

The deaths of 492 shiites is being looked into by the National Human Rights Commission. The commission according to Tribune, said on Sunday that it is “looking into the alleged” illegal killing of 492 Shiites by the Army, even as it revealed that the probe would span from 2014-2018. It…