A Tipping Point for Public Health After decades of waging war against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria, Nigeria now teeters on a knife’s edge as dwindling foreign aid exposes perilous cracks in its fragile domestic funding. Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are now raising the alarm, insisting that without a unified and robust homegrown financing strategy,…
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday convicted and sentenced 14 Chinese for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud to one year imprisonment as well as ordered their repatriation at the completion of their jail. The Justice Daniel Osiagor court also fined the defendants N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira). “All the defendants were sentenced to one year…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Edo State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (EDSPHCDA) and its health partners have met with critical stakeholders ahead of the National Immunization Plus Days (NIPDs) campaign slated for June 28 to July 3, 2025. The meeting, held at the John Odigie Oyegun Public Service Academy (JOOPSA) in Benin City, brought together…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos British pharmaceutical giant GSK and Indian drugmaker Bharat Biotech have announced an immediate phased reduction in the cost of the RTS,S malaria vaccine, aiming to bring its price down to under $5 per dose. The move comes at a critical moment as Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, grapples with a major…
A cross-section of Nigerians have shared their views on the new tax reform recently signed into law by President Bola Tinubu. The reform, which exempts individuals earning less than ₦800,000 annually from personal income tax and removes value-added tax (VAT) from essential items such as food, medicine, rent, and school fees, has generated discussions among…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has resigned from his position, effective immediately. His resignation on Friday has thrown the Nigerian political space into confusion. The APC’s national chairman’s resignation has also left many surprised. However, the former Governor of Kano State, cited health reasons for his decision, stating that he needs…
The United Nations (UN), has said that the number of drug users worldwide has soared to a record 316 million, with the cocaine trade expanding at an alarming pace and fuelling a surge in violence across several regions, The World Drug Report 2025, published on Thursday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The First Lady of Lagos State, Dr Claudiana Sanwo-Olu, has launched the first round of the bi-annual Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Plus Nutrition Week (MNCH+N) across the state’s 57 LGAs and LCDAs. Represented by the wife of the Deputy Governor, Mrs Oluremi Hamzat, at the flag-off in Alimosho Local…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has signed four finance bills into law in a set of major reforms aimed at restructuring the tax system in Africa’s most populous nation. The government says the new laws will simplify revenue collection, reduce the tax burden on some individuals and businesses, while also helping to raise much-needed government income…
From June 26 to 28, newborns to children aged 5 years will be vaccinated in provinces of Kinshasa, Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami, Kongo Central, Haut-Katanga, as well as those up to 15 years old in Tshopo and Maniema. Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo launched the second phase of a mass polio vaccination campaign…
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