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.

Foundations Reach 200 Heart Surgeries Medical team performing open-heart surgery in Nigeria.

Foundations Reach 200 Heart Surgeries

Mirian Gom June 22, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – No fewer than 200 Nigerians have received life-saving cardiac interventions through a partnership between...

Group Seeks Special Courts for Terror Cases Group Calls for Special Courts on Terror Cases

Group Seeks Special Courts for Terror Cases

Mirian Gom June 21, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Foundation for Ethical Society and Cultural Awareness (FESCA) has called on the Federal...

SERAP Demands N110bn Refund from Lawmakers SERAP demands transparency in INEC Chairman appointment from Tinubu

SERAP Demands N110bn Refund from Lawmakers

Mirian Gom June 21, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the leadership of the National...

US Cuts HIV Funding to South Africa

Mirian Gom June 20, 2026

PRETORIA – The United States government has announced plans to phase out HIV funding support to South...

Methane Leak Shuts Ogun School, Students Relocated Students receive treatment after gas leak affects schools in Ijebu Ode Ogun State

Methane Leak Shuts Ogun School, Students Relocated

Mirian Gom June 20, 2026

IJEBU-ODE, Nigeria – The Ogun State Government has temporarily relocated students of Our Lady of Apostles Girls...

Australia Detects H5 Bird Flu for First Time

Mirian Gom June 20, 2026

Australia has confirmed its first detection of the highly pathogenic H5 bird flu strain, marking the first...

Africa Warns Against Delaying Climate Commitments African climate negotiators participating in UN climate talks in Bonn

Africa Warns Against Delaying Climate Commitments

Mirian Gom June 19, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change has urged governments to accelerate climate...

Ebola Outbreak Nears 900 Cases Across Two Nations WHO Ebola outbreak emergency

Ebola Outbreak Nears 900 Cases Across Two Nations

Mirian Gom June 19, 2026

DR- Congo – The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...

Enugu Warns Over Fake Augmentin Circulation Boxes of Augmentin tablets displayed during a counterfeit medicine warning

Enugu Warns Over Fake Augmentin Circulation

Mirian Gom June 19, 2026

The Enugu State Ministry of Health has issued a public health alert over the alleged circulation of...

Foundation Awards 2,600 Scholarships to Address Shortage of Medical Specialists Merck Foundation Chairman and CEO together with the First Ladies of Angola, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Gabon, The Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Maldives, Mozambique, Nigeria and São Tomé and Príncipe inaugurated the 13th Edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2026.