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The Silent Siege: How Invisible Superbugs Are Rewriting Nigeria’s Public Health Future Poultry birds in a Nigerian farm illustrating antibiotic use in livestock and its link to antimicrobial resistance.

Chukwu Obinna March 18, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – A Crisis Without a Sound It does not announce itself with sirens. There are...

Nigeria Tightens Antimicrobial Surveillance as Poor Data Threatens Public Health Health experts at Abuja meeting calling for increased AMR surveillance funding

Chukwu Obinna February 5, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigerian health authorities are rolling out a national quality assurance framework to fix weaknesses...

Experts Urge Increased Funding to Contain Escalating Antimicrobial Resistance Threat Health experts at Abuja meeting calling for increased AMR surveillance funding

Koko Maxwella December 12, 2025

ABUJA, Health experts have called for urgent and sustained funding to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Nigeria,...

NAFDAC Sounds Alarm as Antibiotic Misuse Threatens Nigeria’s Food Chain NAFDAC official speaking at antimicrobial awareness event in Lagos

Juliet Jacob November 23, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) warns that Nigeria...

NAFDAC Warns Nigeria Faces Urgent Threat from Drug Resistance Surge NAFDAC officials address journalists during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week in Abuja.

Juliet Jacob November 20, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is warning that...

WHO Warns of Surging Global Drug-Resistant Gonorrhoea Threat WHO and Bayer representatives reaffirming global health partnership on neglected diseases

Oluwatobi Adu November 19, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has issued a stark warning that drug-resistant gonorrhoea is rising...

UNILAG Don Urges Nigeria to Harness Indigenous Medicinal Resources Professor Gloria Ayoola delivering inaugural lecture on medicinal plant research at UNILAG auditorium.