Korede Abdullah in Lagos Benue State has recorded 31 suspected cases of Mpox across five Local Government Areas — Makurdi, Ushongo, Gwer East, Katsina-Ala, and Guma — with seven of those cases confirmed through laboratory testing. The Executive Secretary of the Benue State Primary Health Care Board, Mrs. Grace Wende, disclosed this during a stakeholders’…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has suspended its nationwide warning strike, which began on Monday, July 29. The decision to call off the industrial action was disclosed on Friday by the Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate, after a closed-door meeting with the association’s leadership in Abuja….
Public hospitals across key communities in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been thrown into chaos as a warning strike by the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) entered its third day. The industrial action has crippled healthcare delivery in Dutse, Kubwa, and Bwari, with patients stranded and critical services suspended. A visit…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Amid the ongoing nationwide warning strike by the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), members of the Hospital Friends Association in Katsina have stepped in to provide first aid and humanitarian support to stranded patients. The state chairman of the association, Alhaji Bilya Sanda Khadimul Islam, in a statement…
Drastic cuts to humanitarian aid in north-eastern Nigeria could prove a boon to one of the world’s most deadly militant groups, Boko Haram, aid agencies have warned. A reduction of funding in recent months has forced the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) to ration its support, and now it has completely run out. “It will…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos Patients at the Alimosho General Hospital, Igando, the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja and some other facilities cross Lagos state, are pleading for quick resolution of the ongoing by the medical doctors in the state. At the Alimosho General Hospital in Igando, when Africa Health Report, AHR, visited it…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Northern Nigeria’s strategic role in shaping the country’s political and economic direction came under focus at a two-day interactive session on government-citizen engagement hosted by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation (SABMF) at Arewa House, Kaduna, from July 29 to 30, 2025. In a communiqué issued on July 30, 2025, participants…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Healthcare delivery at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala, Kano has come to a near standstill as patients desert the facility following the warning strike declared by the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM). Checks by Africa Health Report, AHR, on Thursday, being day 2 of the strike, revealed that…
President Bola Tinubu has extended the tenure of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, which is due to expire on August 31, 2025. The president extended the Customs’ boss tenure by one year. This was disclosed on Thursday in a State House Press Release signed by the President’s special…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano A heavy downpour on Wednesday morning led to the collapse of eight buildings and displacement of several residents in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The rain, which began around 6:15 a.m. and lasted over three hours, flooded communities including Bulumkutu Abuja, Moduganari, Ngomari, and other low-lying areas. “I started seeing water…
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