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Health

Over 700 trafficked children raises concern for child protection

At least 708 children, comprising 458 boys and 250 girls, were trafficked and were in forced labour in 2014, according to figures from the National Bu

‘Gene Drive” mosquitoes engineered to fight Malaria

Mutant mosquitoes engineered to resist the parasite that causes malaria could wipe out the disease in some regions — for good. Humans contract m

TV may be bad for your brain

Watching television may be bad for your brain, a new study suggests. Researchers followed 3,274 people, whose average age was 25 at the start of the s

Nigerian health sector: Challenges new ministers should address

The World Health Organization ranked Nigeria 187 out of 191 countries in its ranking of the world’s health systems. This means the country&rsquo

How national measles campaign was carried out in Sokoto

Measles   is a killer of children under five and as part of efforts towards eradicating the disease in 2020 the federal government carried o