25 April 2025
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World Malaria Day: Time to reinvest, reimagine, reignite

Edith Uguru

World Malaria Day, observed April 25 annually, aims to raise awareness on the global efforts to control and ultimately eradicate malaria. Malaria is caused by parasites that are transmitted through the bites of infected female anopheles mosquitoes. It is a global infectious disease which has remained a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the developing world. Some of the symptoms are fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhoea, profuse sweating and anemia. If left untreated, it could lead to renal failure, seizures, brain injury, coma and even death. Malaria data in Nigeria Data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), shows that malaria…

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Hyponatremia: intake of excessive water is dangerous, Experts warn

Edith Uguru

Water is essential for survival — but drinking too much of it, especially too quickly, can be harmful. Water intoxication, also known as hyponatremia, occurs when a person consumes an excessive amount of water within a short time, leading to low sodium levels in the blood and swelling of cells. The sodium levels in the blood become dangerously low due to excessive water intake, leading to a fluid imbalance and affecting the body cells. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting and bloating while severe symptoms may include confusion, seizure, brain damage, coma and death. With high temperatures being experienced at this time…

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Families of slain Corps member demand justice as alleged killer insists on no regrets

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Families of slain Corps member demand justice as alleged killer insists on no regrets Few days ago, 24 year old Salome Eleojo Adaidu, a serving Corps Member at NICON Insurance in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT met her untimely death when she was allegedly murdered and dismembered by her supposed boyfriend, Thirty-two-year-old Timileyin Ajayi, at his house in the Papalana axis at New Karshi in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Her death ignited reactions on various social media platforms attracting condemnations and calls on the need for more caution and carefulness. Although Timileyin Ajayi, has been remanded in…

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Nigerians Commend Federal Government’s CNG Vehicle 50 Percent Transport Fare Reduction

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Passengers traveling from Abuja to other parts of the Country using the CNG vehicles introduced by the Federal Government have commended the intervention describing it as an economic stimulus. They described the 50 percent reduction of the transportation fares as a step in the right direction. During the Yuletide, many Nigerians usually travel from one part of the Country to another to celebrate the seasons with their loved ones. The 50 percent reduction of road transportation fares to and from Abuja and Lagos to State capitals introduced by the Federal Government was launched on the 24th December, 2024 and would…

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Hollywood Actor George Clooney, Other Wealthy Donors Urge Biden To Step Down

Wendy R.

What if Hollywood, a key Democratic financial pillar, cut off Joe Biden’s campaign funding? That possibility now looms large after actor George Clooney and other wealthy donors urged the US president to withdraw from the White House race. “I love Joe Biden. But we need a new nominee,” Clooney wrote in a column in the New York Times on Wednesday, after Biden’s disastrous performance in a televised presidential debate against Republican rival, Donald Trump rekindled fears around the 81-year-old’s fitness for office. The statement dealt a serious blow to Biden, coming just three weeks after Clooney headlined a major fundraiser…

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Elumelu: Nigerians are suffering

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A Nigerian Economist, philanthropist and businessman, Tony Elumelu has lamented over the worsening electricity, hike in prices of diesel, and its drastic effects on businesses and the country’s economy. In as shared tweet on Twitter, the CEO of Heirs Holdings in a series of tweets lamented that businesses are suffering, human condition is getting worse and living in Nigeria gets harder day by day as Nigerians keep groaning. “How can a country so rich in natural resources have 90% of its citizens living in hardship and poverty?,” Elumelu stated. “This morning, I am listening to my colleagues at the office…

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Urgent Message To Wife Of Anambra State Governor

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CHILDLESS WIDOW STRIPPED AND PARADED NAKED FOR “KILLING” HER HUSBAND THROUGH ADULTERY…. Dear Chief Mrs Osodieme Obiano , the Executive First Lady Anambra state, Madam, are you aware that a young childless widow from Igbo-ezunu Aguleri whose husband died yesterday, was stripped completely naked same yesterday and paraded around Otuocha, and Enuobodo Aguleri, for allegedly killing her husband through Adultery? Your excellency, it’s been over 24hrs now and not a single one of the people who humiliated this widow has been arrested. No one has seen the woman since the shameful parade ended so, we suspect that they may have…

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