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NiMET warns asthmatics, others ahead dry season

A statement from the Head, Corporate Communications Unit, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) further said that skin and eye irritations are also s

Eradicating polio by 2014: Bill Gates, Dangote connection

Since 2003, Kano has been especially hard hit by the transmission of polio virus in Nigeria following the state government’s suspension of immunizatio

Good governance and protecting newborn in Sokoto

Wrapped in a royal purple clothing the arms of Mohammed YarKurna, her father, Rukayatu’s navel was strikingly clean and well healed. At birth, two wee

Many children ‘slower runners than their parents were’

Experts say the work – being presented at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting – suggests children’s fitness levels may be decl

Eleven years of writing health

This column advocates to policy makers, senior government officials, development partners and civil society organisations for a better health system a