Africa Health Report

FG Orders MDAs to Comply with Data Protection Law Dangote refinery complex in Lagos with workers on site

FG Orders MDAs to Comply with Data Protection Law

Mirian Gom August 4, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to fully comply...

LASWA Completes Africa’s First Ferry Safety Programme, Trains 50 Professionals LASWA Completes Africa's First Ferry Safety Programme, Trains 50 Professionals

LASWA Completes Africa’s First Ferry Safety Programme, Trains 50 Professionals

Korede Abdullah August 4, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has completed the third module of Africa’s first...

Groups Warn National Assembly Against Bills They Say Threaten Democracy

Oluwafunbi Bello August 3, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – A coalition of more than 100 Nigerian, African and international civil society organisations has...

CJN Bans ‘Barrister’ Title at Supreme Court Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun issues a directive banning the use of the title "Barrister" in official Supreme Court engagements.

Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun issues a directive banning the use of the title "Barrister" in official Supreme Court engagements.

CJN Bans ‘Barrister’ Title at Supreme Court

Mirian Gom August 1, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has directed lawyers, court officials and litigation...

LASTMA Opens Public Complaint Centre in Lagos Officials at the newly opened LASTMA Complaint Centre in Oshodi receive public feedback on traffic management.

Officials at the newly opened LASTMA Complaint Centre in Oshodi receive public feedback on traffic management.

LASTMA Opens Public Complaint Centre in Lagos

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius July 30, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The LASTMA Complaint Centre has officially opened at the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority...

LASEPA Reopens Six Steel Firms After Compliance LASEPA officials inspect steel manufacturing facilities in Ikorodu before reopening them after environmental compliance.

LASEPA officials inspect steel manufacturing facilities in Ikorodu before reopening them after environmental compliance.

LASEPA Reopens Six Steel Firms After Compliance

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius July 30, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The LASEPA steel companies enforcement action has entered a new phase after the Lagos...

NAPTIP Rallies Nigerians to Combat Human Trafficking, Support Survivors NAPTIP Repatriates 12 Trafficking Victims from Ghana

NAPTIP Rallies Nigerians to Combat Human Trafficking, Support Survivors

Abah Felicity July 29, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has reaffirmed its...

MBNCWD Disowns Purported World Akara Day Festival in Abuja MBNCWD Disowns World International Akara Day Festival in Abuja

MBNCWD Disowns Purported World Akara Day Festival in Abuja

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius July 29, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Maryam Babangida National Centre for Women Development (MBNCWD) has distanced itself from a...

NUJ, NAN Seek Stronger INEC Partnership to Boost Credible 2027 Elections

Abah Felicity July 29, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, and the News Agency of Nigeria...

UN Urges Youth to Shape Africa’s Health Future UN Resident Coordinator Mohammed Malick Fall addresses young participants at a health policy forum in Abuja.