Chad has made history by becoming the 51st country to eliminate sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that...
The highly anticipated autopsy report on the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as MohBad, has finally been released. The report provides insight into the possible...
The Federal Government requires $100 million to implement its National Multisectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition, aimed at addressing malnutrition in the country. Despite...
The Nigerian drug agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it smashed two drug cartels and recovered cocaine and fentanyl consignments worth multibillion Naira. NDLEA...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is intensifying efforts to enhance global preparedness for future pandemics, following the devastating impact of COVID-19. This announcement was made at...
Lucy Letby, a British nurse who was sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others, has lost her bid...
In a significant milestone in the fight against malaria, the Serum Institute of India (SII) has dispatched its first batch of the R21/Matrix-M™ malaria vaccine to...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the restrictions on Christian worship in federal universities in Northern Nigeria. According to Bishop Matthew Hassan...
First Ladies across Africa have joined forces to accelerate cancer prevention and treatment. They are focusing on promoting early detection and treatment to reduce the disease...
The autopsy conducted on the body of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, is said to have been unable to ascertain the cause of his death....
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have jointly condemned the mulled repeal of the Law Against Female...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for “immediate and concerted action” after the deaths of more than 300 children were linked to contaminated cough syrup...
In a shocking and disheartening turn of events, Gambian legislators have proposed a bill to repeal the country’s law banning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). This move...
A new directive from the Federal Government has directed all Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) and Medical Directors (MDs) of Federal Tertiary Hospitals to procure needles and...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Republic of Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone have launched a large-scale rollout of the life-saving malaria vaccine targeting millions...
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Gas 360, Emmanuel Uwandu has claimed that cooking with firewood and charcoal is equivalent to smoking 20 packages of...
Nigerian doctors at Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH) have commenced a one-week warning strike over the government’s insensitivity to major issues affecting the provision of...
It’s the season of mangoes, and the market is flooded with them. But, as the demand for juicy mangoes increases, the marketers chemically inject them which...
No fewer than 1200 medical cases including about 100 surgeries have so far been handled at the ongoing free medical outreach facilitated by the Niger Delta...
The management of Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) located in Nairobi, the capital, has sacked one hundred doctors who took part in a...
Mohammed Bashir Ibrahim, Commander, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Kwara State Command, has a revealed grim scenario in drug law enforcement in state, stating that...
The Managing Director of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (Ocha-Brigade), Mr. Celestine Anere, has emphasized that his agency will not yield to blackmail or false accusations...
The family of late Pastor Friday Ataine Orerokpe in the Okpe Local Government Area in Delta State has called on relevant authorities, seeking justice over the...
Robotics engineer, Kemisola Bolarinwa, has invented a smart bra capable of diagnosing early-stages breast cancer before symptoms develop. Bolarinwa churned out the invention in February 2022....
Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Prof. Mohammed Pate and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Daju S. Kachollom are currently entangled in the web of a $300...
