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Nigeria: Religious leaders call for end to insecurity

The Inter-Religious Council of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to convene a national confab of critical stakeholders to fashion out lasting solutions to the lingering killings in especially Northern region of the country. The clerics, at the third…

Nigeria: CSOs, media urged to engage in migration advocacy

Members of Civil Society Organizations and the media have been urged to engage in advocacy that would address issues of migration in Nigeria. The Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Hajiya Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim stated this…

Nigeria: Military investigates attack on academy

The Nigerian military has launched an investigation into a brazen attack on a military training academic in Kaduna state that resulted in the death of two soldiers and the kidnap of an army major. Unidentified gunmen in the state reportedly…

More than 700 million people with untreated hypertension

More than 700 million people are living with untreated hypertension, according to the first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, detection, treatment and control. The analysis, which was conducted by Imperial College London and the World Health Organization,…