The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that Monkeypox will be renamed mpox. The decision according to the agency on Monday is to avoid stigmatisation steaming from the existing name. Monkeypox received its name because the virus was originally identified…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded the approved guidelines for conduct of political rallies, processions and campaigns; as well as election expenses of political parties, candidates on its website and social media handles. It also promised to make…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned that COVID-19 infection may rise as the holiday season approaches. The projected rise in cases of the virus will emanate from the increase in travel over the holiday season. This was…
Leaning towards proper communication of its activities on inclusivity and general participation across the length and breadth of Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has organised a National dialogue with Civil Society Organisations ahead of the 2023 elections. The…
By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Ebere Okorie, a resident of Nkwo Nike in Enugu, has been looking forward to cash out from the ballot. Okorie who is not a member of either the All Progressives Congress or People’s Democratic Party…
Gwarzo Local Government Area, Kano State has targeted to vaccinate about 9,926 children against yellow fever in the area. The primary health care coordinator of the local government, Mr. Isyaku Hamza, whotdisclosed this at a review meeting of the exercise…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a guideline banning political parties from campaigning at religious centres ahead of the 2023 general election. The 6-page document by INEC titled, ‘Conduct of Political Rallies, Processions, and Campaigns’, also disclosed the…
By Yemi Sodeeq, Informant 247 Without a thorough audit of the voter register before the 2023 general elections, many foreigners who are already in possession of Nigerian permanent voter registration cards will cast their ballots. In Kosubosu, a border…
In mid-July, three children, Maryam, Abduljabbar, and Ja’afar returned home from school in Langai, one of the border communities between Bauchi and Plateau states. Maryam, the oldest sister asked after her father Isah Musa but their mother Ikilima assured her…
No fewer than 178 persons have died of Lassa fever and cases reach 989 so far this year, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (CDC). The Centre disclosed this in its week 46 report released on Friday. According…
