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Children Under Five Face Highest Risk from Contaminated Food – WHO Warns Young children eating food as WHO warns about the dangers of foodborne diseases.

Young children eating food as WHO warns about the dangers of foodborne diseases.

Children Under Five Face Highest Risk from Contaminated Food – WHO Warns

Oluwafunbi Bello June 4, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that children under the age of five...

Kano Health Journalists Unite for Stronger Advocacy

Oluwatobi Adu May 31, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – Health journalists in Kano State have launched a unified network aimed at strengthening public...

The Detox Myth: How Fruit Juices, Cleanses May Be Harming Your Health

Otamere Gladness May 30, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria — Across Africa’s growing wellness culture, fruit juices and detox drinks have become symbols of...

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...

Experts Warn Nigeria Against Fortifying Ultra-Processed Foods Nationwide Processed food products on shelves highlighting nutrition and health concerns

Processed food products on shelves highlighting nutrition and health concerns

Experts Warn Nigeria Against Fortifying Ultra-Processed Foods Nationwide

Mirian Gom May 6, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Public health experts urge Nigeria to rethink food fortification policies, warning that ultra-processed foods...

Salt, Sweat and Survival: Inside Nigeria’s Hidden Sodium Crisis Doctor explaining sodium balance to patient in Nigerian clinic

Salt, Sweat and Survival: Inside Nigeria’s Hidden Sodium Crisis

Otamere Gladness April 25, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – At a bustling clinic in Abuja, where the hum of patients blends with the...

WHO Issues New Diet Guidelines to Combat Anaemia in Nigeria WHO scientist examines mosquito samples amid chikungunya outbreak

WHO Issues New Diet Guidelines to Combat Anaemia in Nigeria

Otamere Gladness April 21, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has released new dietary guidelines aimed at reducing anaemia in...

Kaduna Cracks Down on Nutrition Supply Diversion Statewide kaduna-health-workers-service-commitment-news-report.md

Kaduna Cracks Down on Nutrition Supply Diversion Statewide

Chukwu Obinna April 9, 2026

KADUNA, Nigeria – The Kaduna State Government inaugurates a 17-member task force to curb the diversion of...

Eating Ourselves Sick: How Nigeria’s Beloved Meals Are Killing Us Slowly Nigerian traditional meals served in large portions

Eating Ourselves Sick: How Nigeria’s Beloved Meals Are Killing Us Slowly

Oluwatobi Adu March 4, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – In Nigeria, food is never just food. It is affection ladled generously into bowls,...

Katsina Stakeholders Push Six-Month Paid Maternity Leave Nigerian mother breastfeeding her baby

Katsina Stakeholders Push Six-Month Paid Maternity Leave

Otamere Gladness December 15, 2025

KATSINA, Nigeria – Stakeholders in Katsina State call for extending paid maternity leave from four months to...

Nutrition

Children Under Five Face Highest Risk from Contaminated Food – WHO Warns

Kano Health Journalists Unite for Stronger Advocacy

The Detox Myth: How Fruit Juices, Cleanses May Be Harming Your Health

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

Experts Warn Nigeria Against Fortifying Ultra-Processed Foods Nationwide

Salt, Sweat and Survival: Inside Nigeria’s Hidden Sodium Crisis

WHO Issues New Diet Guidelines to Combat Anaemia in Nigeria

Kaduna Cracks Down on Nutrition Supply Diversion Statewide

Eating Ourselves Sick: How Nigeria’s Beloved Meals Are Killing Us Slowly

Katsina Stakeholders Push Six-Month Paid Maternity Leave

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