Ekeomah Atuonwu Ifedayo Adetifa, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, says the NCDC has noticed an increase in monkeypox cases in the country. During a virtual media forum on monkeypox on Tuesday, he cautioned that if the present trend persisted, Nigeria might approach or exceed the highest number of cases witnessed in 2017 when monkeypox re-emerged. According to the most […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The remains of 20 migrants who went missing in the Libyan desert near Chad have been discovered, according to the ambulance service, which showed images of them laying around a black pick-up vehicle on the sand. The dead were discovered by a truck driver traveling across the desert on Tuesday, around 320 kilometers […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu South African authorities are still seeking answers days after 21 underage teenagers partying after the end of school exams died in a mysterious incident at a tavern. As reported earlier, the bodies of many of the victims, the youngest a 13-year-old girl, were discovered by police lying on tables, slumped in chairs and couches, and […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Officials have announced that priceless artifacts seized and looted from African nations during Germany’s colonial past would be permanently returned. The Berlin-based Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which oversees the German capital’s various museums, announced on Monday that it has begun discussions with Namibia, Tanzania, and Cameroon to return artifacts. A shell-studded figure of […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu A former Nigerian deputy senate president has been accused with planning to take a youngster to the United Kingdom in order to harvest organs. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, appeared earlier on Thursday at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court in west London. The accused victim, a 15-year-old boy, has been brought into […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The death toll in the powerful earthquake that struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight, has reached 1000, leaving several injured. The 5.9 magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged terrain of the east, where people already lived hardscrabble lives in a country in the grip of a humanitarian disaster made worse […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu African traditional medicine is the oldest, and perhaps the most assorted, of all therapeutic systems. Africa is considered to be the cradle of mankind with a rich biological and cultural diversity marked by regional differences in healing practices. Cupping is a therapy that has been in existence since time immemorial. It is a […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The wedding guests kidnapped in Northern Nigeria roughly two weeks ago have been released. Ashiru Zurmi, Secretary of a Zamfara State organisation to which the victims belonged, stated that the victims are presently on their way to Gusau, the state capital. “Our members have regained their freedom today, I can confirm to you. They are currently on their way […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The fight against breast cancer will receive a major boost following a new and first-of-its-kind bra invention by a Nigerian woman, Bolarinwa Kemisola. Kemisola is a robotics and embedded systems engineer who successfully invented a smart bra capable of detecting breast cancer in its early stage. The talented lady said she was inspired to come up with such […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu In South Sudan, some young girls are still auctioned off into marriage for cows, one of the social issues that campaigners intended to highlight during Pope Francis’ now-cancelled visit. A daughter is often purchased for 50 to 100 cows, each valued up to $1,000, through negotiations between her father and prospective husband. A […]
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