Cholera is a disease caused by eating food and drinking water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Its symptoms are severe diarrhoea (“rice water stool”), dehydration, weakness, muscle cramps, fever, vomiting, low blood pressure and thirst. Cholera is a highly infectious disease that can cause severe, life-threatening diarrhea. The disease is a significant public health concern, especially in […]

  Some candidates who sat for the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE were left in shock on Monday, August 7, after the body released results for the year but withheld theirs on grounds that the state where they sat for the examination owed the board billions of Naira. Findings later showed that […]

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, appeared before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged mismanagement of N2.3tn tertiary education tax by TETFund on Tuesday. During this appearance, Echono disclosed that over 137 students sponsored abroad by the fund have absconded, refusing to return to Nigeria after […]