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Saraki's Wife Shares Personal Still-birth Experience with BBC    chux   3 hours ago   16477 Wife of the Senate president, Toyin Saraki, on Tuesday, January 19, shared her personal still-birth experience in a move to create awareness of the direct and indirect costs of still-births in the country. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Whatsapp Toyin Saraki at the BBC studio Mrs Saraki, who is also the president of a leading maternal health Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), during the interview with the BBC, monitored in Abuja, called for improvements in health education and access to primary healthcare, which she said were key elements to reducing still-births around the world. According to her, Nigeria has the second highest estimated stillbirth rate, with more than 300,000 still-births in 2015 – of which more than half occurred during labour and birth. Speaking to BBC Focus On...

See The Exact Rats That Cause Lassa Fever chux   5 hours ago   101145 Nigerians had been thrown into serious panic following the return of Lassa Fever to major cities of the country. From Port-harcourt, the Rivers state capital to Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital and Delta state, there have been series of reports about the outbreak of the deadly virus which is said to be caused by rats. The federal government has also confirmed that alongside the  states listed above, 14 others have been affected by the Lassa Fever virus  as a patient was  also said to have escaped from a hospital in Edo state while being treated for the virus, a situation which sent panic around the hospital premises. Below are photos of the rat that is guilty of spreading the deadly disease: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Whatsapp The multimammate mouse that spreads Lassa Fever. Photo: Wikimedia Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Sha...