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Life expectancy has increased from 46 to 73 years, says WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says life expectancy for men and women has increased from 46 to 73 years globally. Speaking during an online media conference on Friday, Tedros Ghebreyesus,

Soot pollution: NGO sets up website for Rivers residents to calculate life expectancy

Extra Step Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, in partnership with X3M Ideas, has unveiled ‘SootCity’ – a website for Rivers residents to calculate their life expectancy amid the soot pollution in

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Study: Air pollution could shorten a child’s life by up to seven months

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At 54, life expectancy in Nigeria is lower than war torn South Sudan, Somalia

Nigeria life expectancy, at 54.5, is one of the worst in the world, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) report titled: ‘World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the SDGs’. The

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