Tag: population
World Population Day: Ban tasks UN Member States on peace
New York - Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has urged UN Member countries to put the people first, so that they could help build resilience, peaceful...
Buhari should unlock the market potential of the health sector –...
By Lexi Elo
President Muhammad Buhari should unlock the market potential of the health sector to boost health tourism in the Nigeria, as the private...
NOA wants reduction in cost of governance, wealth creation
JOS - Mr Bulus Dabit, the Director of NOA in Plateau, says the number of civil servants is not the burden but the cost...
WHO, partners strategise to improve global health data
By Lexi Elo with Agency Report
With more two-thirds of the world's population living in countries that do not produce reliable statistics on mortality by...
“We don’t promote abortion”, says UNFPA Boss
ABUJA - Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), said on Wednesday that the agency do not...
EU tasks Buhari on dividends of democracy
ABUJA - The European Union (EU) on Saturday urged the President-elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that Nigerians enjoyed the democracy dividends.
The EU...
6,000 new IDPs living in precarious situation in Maiduguri – MSF
By Lexi Elo
As a result of the fighting between Boko Haram and the Nigerian Army at the end of March, around 6,000 people were...
Food aid resumes for refugees in Niger after Boko Haram scare...
By Chris Arsenault
ROME - Food aid is again flowing to thousands of refugees on the border between Niger and Nigeria, the World Food Programme...
WHO approves Rapid Test for Ebola as cases decline
By Lexi Elo
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that it has approved for use a rapid diagnostic test kit for Ebola that can...
24 per cent of Nigeria’s population have trait of sickle cell...
ABUJA- Twenty four per cent of Nigeria’s population have trait of sickle cell disease, Dr Anthony Usaro, National Coordinator, Non-Communicable Disease Division, Federal Ministry...
: 22 per cent of Nigeria’s adolescent population are ignorant of...
IBADAN - Twenty two per cent of Nigeria's adolescent population are ignorant of the early symptoms of leukemia (blood cancer), Dr Ayo Fayehun, Consultant,...
Embrace family planning to curb population explosion – NGO
OFFA (KWARA) - An NGO, Sustainable Family Planning Providers Association (SFPPA), has advised Nigerians to embrace family planning to curb population explosion in the...
UNICEF official highlights plight of children in Central African Republic
UNITED NATIONS - Souleymane Diabate, a senior UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Central African Republic (CAR), on Wednesday in New York, called the...
UN expert calls for quick resolution to Kenya’s displaced population
NAIROBI - Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), on Wednesday urged Kenya to accelerate efforts to...
Ouattara’s party urges opposition to put politics out of ongoing population...
ABIDJAN - The Rally for Republicans (RDR) party of Cote d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara, has urged opposition political parties to put politics aside from...
WHO says over half of the world’s population at risk from...
GENEVA - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for renewed focus on vector control and improved provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene...