Africa Health Report

Gas Prices Rise as Seplat Boosts Supply Dangote Refinery Slashes Cooking Gas Prices to ₦760/kg

Gas Prices Rise as Seplat Boosts Supply

Oluwatobi Adu June 14, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigerian households grappling with soaring cooking gas prices may soon see relief as increased...

NYSC Suspends Niger Camp Orientation Exercise Renovation work ongoing at the NYSC Niger orientation camp.

NYSC Suspends Niger Camp Orientation Exercise

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius June 14, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has temporarily suspended the 2026 Batch B Stream...

Plateau Ebola Preparedness: State on Alert Health workers in protective suits respond to Ebola outbreak in Congo

Plateau Ebola Preparedness: State on Alert

Korede Abdullah June 14, 2026

JOS, Nigeria – Plateau State says it is nearly fully prepared to respond to any Ebola outbreak,...

Boko Haram Attack Burns Borno School Burnt classrooms following a Boko Haram attack in Borno State.

Boko Haram Attack Burns Borno School

Hussaini Ibrahim June 14, 2026

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have attacked Kautikari community in Chibok Local Government Area of...

Adichie Accuses Hospital Over Son’s Death Probe Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Adichie Accuses Hospital Over Son’s Death Probe

Korede Abdullah June 14, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Award-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accused Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital in Lagos of...

Katsina Seeks Support for Breast Cancer Fight Medical professionals conducting breast cancer screening during a healthcare mission in Katsina State.

Medical professionals conducting breast cancer screening during a healthcare mission in Katsina State.

Katsina Seeks Support for Breast Cancer Fight

Hussaini Ibrahim June 13, 2026

KATSINA, Nigeria – Governor Dikko Umaru Radda has called on philanthropists, development partners and private organisations to...

Retired General Dies in Bandits’ Captivity

Hussaini Ibrahim June 13, 2026

KATSINA, Nigeria – The Katsina State Government has confirmed the death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar...

De Lyon à Lagos: L’approche Une Seule Santé peut-elle empêcher la prochaine pandémie en Afrique? Delegates attend the 2026 One Health Summit in Lyon, France, discussing disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, climate-related health risks and global health security.

Delegates attend the 2026 One Health Summit in Lyon, France, discussing disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, climate-related health risks and global health security.

De Lyon à Lagos: L’approche Une Seule Santé peut-elle empêcher la prochaine pandémie en Afrique?

Korede Abdullah June 13, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – La prochaine pandémie pourrait ne pas commencer dans une salle d’hôpital. Elle pourrait émerger...

From Lyon to Lagos: Can One Health Stop Africa’s Next Pandemic? Delegates attend the 2026 One Health Summit in Lyon, France, discussing disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, climate-related health risks and global health security.