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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lamented that Nigeria accounts for the highest case of measles on the globe. The Borno State Coordinator of WHO, Dr. Audu Idowu, was quoted in a statement on Wednesday to have said: “Despite the availability of safe and effective vaccines, Nigeria accounts for the highest burden of measles globally, with 3.3 million unimmunised children.” The statement signed by Eva Hinds, a Communication Specialist with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said in order to tackle the growing cases of measles, the Nigerian Government is working in collaboration with UNICEF and WHO. The statement read in…

The federal government has earmarked N43.5 billion for routine immunisation programme in 2019. The Director General Budget Office of the Federation Ben Akabueze made this disclosure in Abuja at the Nigeria Value for Money in the Health Sector Workshop. In his presentation, the DG budget said there was a need to scale-up allocation to primary health care and also called for equity in the allocation of funds to different areas in the health sector. Akabueze explained because Nigeria was operating a deficit budget, it has become very difficult for the country to further borrow to fund projects in the health…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ( NCDC ) has registered 83 deaths, 381 confirmed cases and 1,279 suspected cases of Lassa fever in 2019. Dr Kola Jinadu, Senior Technical Adviser to the NCDC Chief Executive Officer, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Tuesday. He was speaking at a health journalism masterclass organised by NIGERIA HEALTHWATCH, a non-governmental organisation. The senior technical adviser said the centre also has 12 probable cases, adding that the cases cut across 21 states of the country. “We so far have 21 states with active Lassa fever cases with fatality…

Perhaps the most widely discussed topic in the world is the debate over who the greatest player of all time is. For many in this generation, though, the debate has been narrowed down to two players: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. These two players have dominated football for the better part of the last decade and are, without doubt, far ahead of the other competitors. Messi and Ronaldo have singlehandedly salvaged points, recued draws and moved their respective teams from losing positions on many occasions. It is, therefore, no surprise that both players continue to dominate the headlines despite approaching the twilight of…

What’s the story? Former Real Madrid and Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes that PSG striker Kylian Mbappe is the most valuable player in the world at the moment. In case you didn’t know… Despite only being 20 years old, Mbappe has already established himself as one of the most important players in PSG and France’s squads. The Frenchman helped PSG win the domestic treble last season and he also played a vital role in France’s FIFA World Cup 2018 triumph in Russia. Mbappe was the part of FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2018 and was also awarded the Kopa Trophy for his exploits in 2018. Mbappe has continued…

Cristiano Ronaldo was rested and Juventus crashed to their first Serie A defeat of the season at Genoa on Sunday following their Champions League heroics, as Inter won a fiery Milan derby clash 3-2 to move into third ahead of city rivals AC Milan. Ronaldo had fired Juventus into the European quarter-finals with a comeback victory over Atletico Madrid last Tuesday. Without him the team slumped to a 2-0 defeat but still remain comfortably on track for an eighth consecutive league title. Juventus’s lead was cut to 15 points by Napoli who got back winning, prevailing 4-2 against Udinese after…

Even the Real Betis fans were applauding by the end as Lionel Messi scored another spectacular hat-trick to fire Barcelona to a 4-1 victory on Sunday and leave them with one hand on the La Liga trophy. Messi’s treble, his second in a month in Seville, fourth of the season and 51st of his career, moves Barca 10 points clear of Atletico Madrid with 10 games left to play, a gap surely too big to close. “We had a great opportunity to increase the gap on Atletico,” Messi said. “We had to take it tonight.” Luis Suarez, whose superb flick…

Oye Arikanki Who is a leader that makes a difference? A leader that makes a difference is someone who is a servant first. One who loves to serve his people. Robert K Greenleaf captures such a leader in his book, The Servant Leader Within. He said of servant leadership, “It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant –first to make sure that other people’s highest priority needs are being served.” The leader that makes a…

The change of clubs last summer hasn’t adversely impacted the individual performances of the 5 time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese superstar has continued to produce a series of thumping performances, this time for his side Juventus. The 34-year-old striker produced a phenomenal performance against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday night as he fired Juventus to one of the greatest comebacks in the competition’s history. Ronaldo’s hat-trick was like a rogue wave hitting the shoreline for Atletico Madrid’s rock-solid defense. This effort saw the Portuguese becoming the top scorer in UEFA Champions League history, with 124 in 160 appearances. Ronaldo looks like…

Manchester United have undergone a serious resurgence ever since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over in 2018. It is astonishing to see what the Norwegian has been able to accomplish in that little time. Away wins at Arsenal, Chelsea, and Tottenham Hotspur represent the kind of mental change he has inspired in his players. In the Champions League, United overturned a 2-0 deficit against French giants, PSG, to qualify for the quarterfinals. The tricky situation now becomes a mountain to climb. Barcelona is the one team United fans dreaded facing in the Champions League’s last eight. It was confirmed on Friday that Barcelona would…