Month: October 2025

4,000 Young Women Contract HIV Weekly – AHF Warns AHF Nigeria holds awareness event on HIV prevention among girls

AHF Nigeria holds awareness event on HIV prevention among girls

4,000 Young Women Contract HIV Weekly – AHF Warns

Mirian Gom October 9, 2025

LOKOJA, Nigeria – The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has raised concern over the alarming HIV infection...

Lagos Governor Unveils 420 New Homes, Expands Badagry Housing Drive Governor Sanwo-Olu inaugurates 420 new housing units in Badagry

Governor Sanwo-Olu inaugurates 420 new housing units in Badagry

Lagos Governor Unveils 420 New Homes, Expands Badagry Housing Drive

Korede Abdullah October 9, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has inaugurated 420 new housing units in the Ajara...

2025 World Sight Day: WHO Warns Only 26% of Africans Access Cataract Surgery WHO eye health experts examining patients during World Sight Day 2025 in Abuja

WHO eye health experts examining patients during World Sight Day 2025 in Abuja

2025 World Sight Day: WHO Warns Only 26% of Africans Access Cataract Surgery

Juliet Jacob October 8, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria — The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on African governments to prioritise investment in...

Court Orders Arrest of Ex-INEC Chairman Yakubu for Contempt Federal High Court building in Osogbo where arrest order against ex-INEC Chairman was issued

Federal High Court building in Osogbo where arrest order against ex-INEC Chairman was issued

Court Orders Arrest of Ex-INEC Chairman Yakubu for Contempt

Korede Abdullah October 8, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, has ordered the arrest of the...

NAFDAC Raids Kaduna Market, Seizes Fake Herbal Drugs, Arrests Three NAFDAC officials inspecting seized unregistered herbal medicines at Kaduna’s Kawo Market

NAFDAC officials inspecting seized unregistered herbal medicines at Kaduna’s Kawo Market

NAFDAC Raids Kaduna Market, Seizes Fake Herbal Drugs, Arrests Three

Juliet Jacob October 8, 2025

KADUNA, Nigeria – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raided the...

Kano’s Drug Crisis Fuels Surge in Deadly Phone Snatching Composite image showing two contrasting scenes: young men apprehended by police after a phone-snatching operation, and victims in hospital beds recovering from injuries — a stark visual of Kano’s urban violence crisis.

Composite image showing two contrasting scenes: young men apprehended by police after a phone-snatching operation, and victims in hospital beds recovering from injuries — a stark visual of Kano’s urban violence crisis.

Kano’s Drug Crisis Fuels Surge in Deadly Phone Snatching

Hussaini Ibrahim October 8, 2025

KANO, Nigeria – Kano State is confronting a dangerous surge of drug-fuelled urban violence, where phone snatching...

Lagos, Rivers, FCT Dominate as States’ IGR Hits ₦3.63trn in 2024 Aerial view of Lagos city showing Nigeria’s top IGR hub in 2024

Aerial view of Lagos city showing Nigeria’s top IGR hub in 2024

Lagos, Rivers, FCT Dominate as States’ IGR Hits ₦3.63trn in 2024

Korede Abdullah October 8, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)...

NDLEA Backs Cannabis Oil Export, Upholds Ban on Local Use NDLEA officials at cannabis oil regulation workshop in Abuja

NDLEA officials at cannabis oil regulation workshop in Abuja

NDLEA Backs Cannabis Oil Export, Upholds Ban on Local Use

Chukwu Obinna October 8, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) supports regulated export of cannabis oil for...

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SAFIRE Trial Begins to Test Malaria Drugs in Early Pregnancy

Juliet Jacob October 8, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) has launched the SAFIRE trial to test malaria...

WACCPS Strengthens Clinical Physiology Training to Boost Health Standards Students undergoing clinical physiology training in Nigeria

Students undergoing clinical physiology training in Nigeria

WACCPS Strengthens Clinical Physiology Training to Boost Health Standards

Koko Maxwella October 8, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The West African College of Clinical Physiology Sciences (WACCPS) has reaffirmed its commitment to...