By Abdulkareem Alao The year 2024 was marked by unprecedented crises in various countries across Africa. These crises did not…
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Every two minutes, a woman somewhere in the world dies from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth, a United Nations…
Between 1 January and 27 March, Lagos State recorded 10 confirmed cases of diphtheria, a serious bacterial infection caused by…
Wasiu Abatan cheats death on an ordinary day at the Lagos-Ogun border tollgate which took a horrific turn after a…
The Ogun State Government has declared an outbreak of Lassa fever following the death of a 25-year-old National Youth Service…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for urgent investment of resources to protect and maintain Tuberculosis (TB) care and…
Moving Minds Alliance (MMA), a coalition of 40 international organisations, has revealed that 194 million children under five face a…
The death toll from Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has hit 103 in 2025, with a case fatality rate (CFR)…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued an alert warning of a heightened risk of meningitis outbreaks across the country,…
Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) caused by the Lassa virus.