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Nigerian health sector one of the worst indices in the world- Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2018

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigerian health sector as one of the worst health indices in the world, lamenting that the sector is underfunded by the government. Obasanjo decried poor budget allocation to the sector, claiming that majority of budgeted amount were spent on

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Nigerian nurse jailed 14-years for trafficking Nigerian women

Daily Dispatch July 5, 2018

A British Court sentenced a Nurse, Josephine Iyamu, to 14 years in prison on Wednesday for trafficking five Nigerian women to Germany to work as prostitutes, controlling them through voodoo. The London-based British citizen, Iyamu, 51, was found guilty in a “landmark modern slavery case’’ after the first prosecution involving victims outside Britain, the National […]

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Diarrhoea affects children in Plateau IDP camp – NGOs

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2018

No fewer than 100 children in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps are feared to have been affected by diarrhoea, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Four Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) confirmed the development to our reporter on Monday in Jos during a free medical outreach at the camps. The NGOs are Saphira Global Center For […]

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Malaria: UNICEF to distribute 358,134 nets in Borno

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2018

The United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) says it will distribute 358,134 insecticide treated nets in four local government areas of Borno for malaria prevention and control. UNICEF’s Communication Specialist, Kusali Kubwalo, said in a statement in Maiduguri that the nets would be distributed to children under the age of five, expectant and breastfeeding mothers.

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Air pollution cause of 20% infant deaths in Nigeria, others

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2018

Air pollution is responsible for one in five infant deaths in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries, according to a study published  by Stanford University and the University of California, San Diego in the United States. The research team looked at combined data from over 15 years on approximately 1 million births across 30 countries […]

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Obaseki harps on stiffer regulation to checkmate drug abuse, as World marks Int’l Day against Drug Abuse

Daily Dispatch June 25, 2018

Edo State Governor,  Godwin Obaseki, has called for stiffer regulations to check the rise in illegal distribution and illicit trafficking of prescription medicine and other contraband drugs. Obaseki noted this in commemoration of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking marked by the United Nations and its relevant organs annually. The governor