Mirian Gom

Gom Mirian AHR Senior Correspondent, has over 8 years’ experience reporting on health, crime, education, investigations, and development issues across Nigeria and Africa. With dual degrees in Economics, she combines analytical skill with compelling storytelling. Widely recognised for her public health and humanitarian reporting, she earned a Nestlé Award nomination for compelling human-interest journalism. Follow her on Twitter @mirian_linus.

Labour Unions Give FG Friday Deadline Over Unpaid Wage Awards

Mirian Gom February 26, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Organised labour in Nigeria’s federal public service issues a Friday ultimatum to government, demanding...

Six Nursing Students Die in Ogbomoso Road Crash Scene of Ilorin–Ogbomoso Road crash involving students

Six Nursing Students Die in Ogbomoso Road Crash

Mirian Gom February 26, 2026

OGBOMOSO, Nigeria – The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology mourns six final-year nursing students killed...

Kwara State Moves to End FGM with United, Multisector Action 38 Kidnapped Kwara Worshippers Reunited With Families After Joint Security Rescue

38 Kidnapped Kwara Worshippers Reunited With Families After Joint Security Rescue

Kwara State Moves to End FGM with United, Multisector Action

Mirian Gom February 26, 2026

KWARA, Nigeria – The Kwara State Government intensifies efforts to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), calling for...

Doctor Alleges Fake Appendicitis Surgeries Used to Defraud Patients Hospital operating theatre highlighting concerns over fake appendicitis surgeries

Hospital operating theatre highlighting concerns over fake appendicitis surgeries

Doctor Alleges Fake Appendicitis Surgeries Used to Defraud Patients

Mirian Gom February 24, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – A Canada-based Nigerian physician triggers widespread outrage after alleging that some doctors in Nigeria...

Foundation Sounds Alarm on Failing Neonatal Care, Targets Public Hospitals Medical staff attend to premature baby in Nigerian public hospital

Medical staff attend to premature baby in Nigerian public hospital

Foundation Sounds Alarm on Failing Neonatal Care, Targets Public Hospitals

Mirian Gom February 24, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Joyce Ojemudia Foundation (JOF) warns that Nigeria’s persistently high neonatal mortality rate is...

Army Repels Terrorist Ambush on General’s Convoy in Northwest Nigerian Army announces DSSC Course 29/2026 officer recruitment

Army Repels Terrorist Ambush on General’s Convoy in Northwest

Mirian Gom February 23, 2026

KEBBI, Nigeria – Nigerian troops on Monday repelled a deadly ambush on a convoy carrying a senior...

Abia Partners US Medical Group to Train State Health Workers Abia State plans revival of abandoned agricultural lands

Abia Partners US Medical Group to Train State Health Workers

Mirian Gom February 23, 2026

ABIA, Nigeria – The Abia State Government approves a partnership with US-based QANTUS Medical Foundation to train...

Lagos Airport Fire Contained as FAAN Confirms Full Flight Resumption Emergency responders tackle fire at Lagos airport terminal

Lagos Airport Fire Contained as FAAN Confirms Full Flight Resumption

Mirian Gom February 23, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Flight operations fully resume at Murtala Mohammed International Airport after a fire outbreak disrupts...

AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development Stories, 16 – 23 February 2026 AHR’s Top 10 health stories the week

AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development Stories, 16 – 23 February 2026

Mirian Gom February 23, 2026

✍️ Editor’s Note This week’s stories underscore a dangerous pattern: emergencies are no longer isolated events but...

Reps Slam Poor Rector Turnout at Polytechnic Budget Defence Nigeria House of Representatives investigates $850bn unrepatriated oil and export proceeds from 1996 to 2014