14.5m children registered as Nigeria pushes for legal identity for every child
… 6,000 wards now offer digital birth registration — NPC… FG links birth registration with health, identity systemsBy Chioma ObinnaAs Nigeria joined other African countries to mark the 2026 Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics, CRVS, over 14.5 million Nigerian children have been registered under the country’s intensified birth registration drive even as the Federal […]
We need to help children battling cancer— Matilda, mother of three–year–old cancer survivor
In the whole of Nigeria, we have only nine radiotherapy machines and none is working currently
Even gentle exercise helps prevent breast cancer
Walking for just an hour a day can more than halve a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, a study has shown. Women who walk regularly and take further gentle exercise for at least an hour a week are 55 per cent more likely to reduce the risk of a tumour than those who never work out.
Twin sisters joined at forehead face risky separation surgery
Joy and Joyce Magsino, 10, born as conjoined twins attached at the forehead face certain death if they are separated. But their family is desperate for them to be separated despite the risk.
Dancing can reverse signs of brain ageing
Physical exercise has an anti-aging effect on the hippocampus region of the brain — an area that controls memory, learning and balance.
Discovered: Best heart drug since statins
Thousands of lives could be saved thanks to a new heart drug hailed as the biggest breakthrough since statins.
