Noncommunicable Diseases

How Nigeria’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Is Driving a Deadly Addiction to Processed Foods Photo Caption:Madam Rose attends to customers at her roadside food stall in Utako Market, Abuja, where quick processed meals are increasingly replacing traditional home-cooked dishes. (Photo credit: Otamere Gladness/AHR)

Photo Caption:Madam Rose attends to customers at her roadside food stall in Utako Market, Abuja, where quick processed meals are increasingly replacing traditional home-cooked dishes. (Photo credit: Otamere Gladness/AHR)

How Nigeria’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Is Driving a Deadly Addiction to Processed Foods

Oluwatobi Adu May 18, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – In the crowded markets of Abuja, at roadside food stalls and construction sites where...

WHO Warns Cheap Sugary Drinks May Fuel NCD Crisis WHO Warns Cheap Sugary Drinks, Alcohol Are Driving NCD Rise

WHO Warns Cheap Sugary Drinks, Alcohol Are Driving NCD Rise

WHO Warns Cheap Sugary Drinks May Fuel NCD Crisis

Oluwatobi Adu January 13, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the increasing affordability of sugary drinks...

Africa May See Over 60m Diabetes Patients by 2050 – WHO Warns WHO and Bayer representatives reaffirming global health partnership on neglected diseases

WHO and Bayer representatives reaffirming global health partnership on neglected diseases

Africa May See Over 60m Diabetes Patients by 2050 – WHO Warns

Hussaini Ibrahim November 11, 2025

KANO, Nigeria — The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that more than 60 million Africans could...