Katsina Commits ₦1.7bn to Nutrition Programme
KATSINA, Nigeria – Katsina State Governor Dikko Umaru Radda has committed ₦1.7 billion to nutrition interventions and announced the upgrade of 268 primary healthcare…
Topic
Malnutrition
Children’s Day in Nigeria: The Painful Reality Behind the Celebration
(By Otamere Gladness, Oluwatobi Adu, and Oluwafunbi Bello) ABUJA, Nigeria – Every May 27, Nigeria celebrates Children’s Day with colourful parades, speeches, music, and…
Nigeria Among 10 Worst-Hit Nations as 266m Face Acute Food Shortages
ABUJA, Nigeria – A new global report has sounded the alarm on worsening hunger, revealing that Nigeria is among just 10 countries bearing the…
Sokoto, UNICEF Commit N200m to Tackle Child Malnutrition Crisis
SOKOTO, Nigeria – The Sokoto State Government and UNICEF commit N200 million to combat severe child malnutrition, as officials warn against diversion of critical…
Harvest of Hunger: Inside Nigeria’s Growing Malnutrition Crisis
In a country endowed with vast arable land and a reputation as one of Africa’s largest food producers, the persistence—and worsening—of child malnutrition presents…
UNICEF, EU Equip Journalists to Fight Severe Malnutrition in Northeast Nigeria
DAMATURU, Nigeria – Journalists from Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states have been trained on reporting severe malnutrition in children, in a one-day media dialogue…
Global Child Deaths Hit 4.9m As Progress Slows
ABUJA, Nigeria – Global child survival efforts stall as an estimated 4.9 million children die before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million…
AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development Stories, 09 – 15 March 2026
✍️ Editor’s Note This week’s stories highlight how environmental risks, regulatory failures, and nutrition challenges increasingly intersect with public health outcomes. While medical breakthroughs…
Aid Cuts Push Northeast Nigeria Toward Famine – WFP Warns
ABUJA, Nigeria – Deepening funding cuts are pushing at least 1.2 million people in Northeast Nigeria further into hunger, the World Food Programme (WFP)…
AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development News for the Week, December 1– 7th December 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE This week’s top health and development stories paint a stark picture of contrasts across Nigeria’s health landscape — where policy ambition and…