A World Health Organization (WHO) reference laboratory in Dakar, Senegal, has confirmed the outbreak of monkeypox in Bayelsa State.Blood samples from the first 13 suspected patients of the virus were dispatched to the WHO facility three weeks ago for a confirmatory test following a clinical diagnosis of monkeypox by medical doctors in Bayelsa State and officials of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).One of the patients receiving treatment for the...

A Yet-To-Be-Identified Young Man has committed suicide in the Cham community in Gombe State.A resident of the community, Jonason Jonas Alama, who confirmed the incident in a Facebook post on Monday, July 15, 2024, said the man was found hanging on a tree with a rope.“This Young Man hung himself in Cham. No matter the situation or condition life brings our way, never lose hope in yourself for God shall visit your case in a way you can't imagine. Remember that LIFE is...

The Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Mrs Adeseye Margaret has today through a press release confirmed the recovery of the body of a young man that jumped into the lagoon on Tuesday.The yet-to-be-identified man jumped into the lagoon, and all efforts to stop him from committing suicide proved futile.The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service authoritatively report that the body of one adult male that jumped into the lagoon on Tuesday afternoon, Aug 8, 2023 from...