Tag: Rise
Nigeria’s under-five mortality rate drops 17%, neonatal deaths rise – Official
The federal government has expressed concern over the rise in neonatal mortality in Nigeria, despite a decline in deaths among children under five. The...
Malnutrition admissions rise at ICRC-backed facilities in North-east Nigeria
Malnutrition admissions at 10 health facilities supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in north-eastern Nigeria rose 18 per cent in...
Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a...
Blaming a “significant rise” in AI submissions, Google has paused its open source bug bounty program until next year. Last year, TechCrunch reported that...
NMDPRA speaks on petrol price rise, regulatory action
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has acknowledged the financial strain caused by the recent increase in the pump price of...
Diphtheria deaths rise to 27 as suspected cases hit 303 in...
Twenty-seven people have died from a suspected diphtheria outbreak in Plateau State, while suspected cases have increased to 303, a state health official has...
Jos University Teaching Hospital’s psychiatric facility stretched as mental health cases...
For three days, Emmanuel John waited anxiously in the psychiatric emergency unit of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), hoping a bed would become...
DRC Ebola cases rise to 1,274, 96 health workers infected
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has...
Ebola: WHO says DRC cases rise to 344, death toll reaches...
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, says Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have risen to...
From Jos to the World: Jah Device’s Global Rise Gains Momentum...
The global reggae movement is witnessing the rise of a new African voice as Nigerian reggae sensation Jah Device continues his remarkable journey from...
