Africa Health Report

Police Recover Vandalised Power Cables After Suspects Flee Abuja Crash Katsina Police Recover AK-47 Rifles After Foiled Ambush

Chukwu Obinna December 19, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Police in Nigeria’s capital recover 131 vandalised electricity distribution cables after suspects abandon a...

Nigeria Commissions West Africa’s First PCB Toxic Waste Facility PCB treatment facility commissioned at Sheda Science Complex Abuja

Oluwafunbi Bello December 19, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria commissions West Africa’s first dedicated Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) treatment facility, marking a major...

Edo Deputy Governor Orders Upgrade of Rural Primary Health Centres Edo health officials launch maternal and neonatal mortality reduction initiative in Benin City.

Oluwatobi Adu December 19, 2025

BENIN CITY, Nigeria – Edo State Deputy Governor Dennis Idahosa orders improved funding, staffing and service delivery...

Akwa Ibom Court Sentences Four Kidnappers to Death Federal High Court building in Osogbo where arrest order against ex-INEC Chairman was issued

Mirian Gom December 19, 2025

UYO, Nigeria – An Akwa Ibom State High Court sentences four convicted kidnappers to death by hanging...

NAFDAC Warns Nigerians Over Recalled Indomie Noodles Hidden Allergens NAFDAC public alert on recalled Indomie noodles over allergens

Mirian Gom December 19, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s food safety regulator, NAFDAC, issues a public warning over a recall of Indomie...

FEC Approves Nigeria’s 2026 Budget Ahead Tinubu’s National Assembly Address President Bola Tinubu preparing to present 2026 budget to National Assembly

Mirian Gom December 19, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) approves the 2026 budget proposal, clearing the way for...

Navy Hands Seized Smuggled Rice to Customs in Lagos Nigerian Navy officers with seized smuggled rice in Lagos

Mirian Gom December 19, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigerian Navy hands over 58 bags of suspected smuggled foreign rice to the...

When the Roads Go Quiet: How Fear Hijacked Nigeria’s Christmas Homecoming A driver with Power Belongs to God, Augustine Fortune

Oluwafunbi Bello December 19, 2025

(By Oluwafunbi Bello and Edino Cornelius) December is supposed to be loud in Nigeria. It is meant...

NANS Urges Tinubu to Declare Emergency on Nigeria’s Insecurity NANS President Olushola Oladoja speaking on Nigeria’s internal security collapse

Koko Maxwella December 19, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) calls on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to...

Reps Probe Alleged Alterations as PDP Demands Tax Law Delay Nigeria House of Representatives investigates $850bn unrepatriated oil and export proceeds from 1996 to 2014