By Clifford Solomon RESIDENTS of Kula Kingdom in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State have been thrown into mourning following an outbreak of cholera that lhas claimed the lives of at least seven children. The development which has been recurrent in the oil-rich kingdom is due to lack of potable  water and paucity of […]

EIGHTY one-year-old Professor Adetokunbo Lucas, Adjunct Professor of International Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, front line researcher and high profile board member of the world’s most respected health agencies was one of Nigeria’s youngest professors. His commitment to the eradication of tropical infectious diseases such as guinea worm, polio, as well as the Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTDs, is legendary. In this piece, the renowned medical practitioner writes about the giant strides Nigeria is making against the menace of NTDs.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has alerted the nation over an impending collapse of the Nigerian economy, unless the Federal Government cuts the astronomical cost of running a bloated government and takes urgent measures to diversify the economy and shore up the production of oil, which remains the mainstay of the country’s economy.

Horsemeat found in beef products withdrawn from German shelves has been traced to a supplier in Poland, newsweekly Spiegel reported on Sunday, citing European officials.

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – The older brother of South African star sprinter Oscar Pistorius — himself accused of murdering his girlfriend — has been charged over a deadly road crash five years ago, the family confirmed on Sunday. “Carl Pistorius, brother of Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, faces charges of culpable homicide after a 2008 road accident […]