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Playing by the rules: The commission asked parties to strictly abide by the provisions of the Electoral Act to avoid sanctions as stipulated by the Act. This is coming exactly one month to the commencement of campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly elections. Campaign season beckons: Recall that the …

Authorities have distributed iodine tablets to residents who live near the nuclear plant in case of a radioactive leak. Ukraine’s state energy operator said there is a risk of radioactive leakage at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is Europe’s largest nuclear facility and currently under occupation by Russian troops. …

The victim of an alleged sex attack by football star Benjamin Mendy wanted to sue his club Manchester City because ‘they let a predator continue to play and put other girls at risk,’ a court heard.    She told a police officer after reporting her allegations: ‘Let him play, I …

According to him, it also decreases the risk of ovarian cancer, postpartum depression, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and type-2 diabetes mellitus. He explained that infants who were breastfed, had a decreased risk of atopic dermatitis and gastroenteritis and possessed a higher IQ later in life. “Breastfeeding as we know plays an …

The World Health Organisation has warned that 160 million Nigerians are at risk of yellow fever.   The WHO said with Nigeria’s population of about 200 million, the figure makes up around 25 percent of all the people at risk in Africa.   The Medical Officer, WHO Nigeria, Dr. Anne …

The research published on July 11 in the European Heart Journal looked at data from 501,379 participants in the UK Biobank project, who had joined the study between 2006 and 2010 and were followed for about nine years. Other risk factors included age, sex, ethnicity, deprivation, body mass index, smoking, …

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that Nigeria is at moderate risk of the importation and impact of the Marburg virus.   Speaking days after Ghanaian authorities announced death of two patients who were diagnosed with the virus, the Director General of NCDC , Dr. Ifedayo …

From the mangroves of West Bengal to the vast archipelago that makes up Indonesia, and from the bustling port city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, to the tropical shores of southern Togo, systemic risks from the COVID-19 pandemic have been exposed in stark human terms. Millions of people who were already struggling …

Overweight children may be more prone to getting dementia in old age, a 30 year old research suggests.   A study of 1,200 children, who were followed for 30 years, found fitter and skinner youngsters had better thinking skills later in life compared to father youngsters.   Scientists say they …

Memorial Day has long been understood as the unofficial start of the U.S. summer, but during the pandemic, it has also come with canceled events, bans on large gatherings and news of lagging vaccination rates. This holiday weekend, however, during one of the country’s traditionally busiest travel periods, more than …