Author: Montage Africa

Nigeria needed penalties to see off Jamaica in the final of this year’s Unity Cup on Saturday. The game had ended 2-2 in regulation time. Moses Simon opened the scoring with a fine finish off Cyriel Dessers’ cross, but the Raggae Boys levelled almost immediately through Kaheim Dixon. The Super Eagles again went in front

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The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, NICRAT, has called for a strategic national ambition: to close critical gaps in Nigeria’s cancer research ecosystem and empower institutions to conduct transformative research with real-world health outcomes. The call was made at the conclusion of a five-day intensive workshop aimed at strengthening institutional capacity for cancer

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About 12,000 Nigerian women are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, despite the disease being largely preventable, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Mohammed Ali Pate, has disclosed. The Minister made the disclosure during the launch of the cervical cancer vaccine campaign and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine integration sensitisation exercise held at

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Two new cases of polio have been confirmed in Hadejia and Suletankarkar Local Government Areas of Jigawa State, marking a significant setback for Nigeria, nearly a decade after the country was declared polio-free. The announcement was made during a media dialogue on polio and routine immunization organized by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in

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