Korede Abdullah
LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria remains the epicentre of the global malaria crisis despite significant advances in prevention...
Public Health Crisis
Oluwatobi Adu
ABUJA, Nigeria – In cramped hostels, shared apartments and quiet corners of Nigeria’s cities, a silent gamble...
LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos recorded over 978,000 malaria cases in 2025, health officials have revealed, raising fresh...
Mirian Gom
KANO, Nigeria – Stigma, denial and economic hardship are driving new HIV infections in Kano State, health...
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria is grappling with a severe shortage of public health physicians, a crisis driven...
✍️ Editor’s Note This week’s stories reflect a recurring pattern: preventable crises escalating into emergencies due to...
Oluwafunbi Bello
KINSHASA, DRC – A severe cholera outbreak kills 16 children at a Kinshasa orphanage, highlighting the scale...
✍ EDITOR’S NOTE This week’s health and development roundup exposes the sharp contrasts shaping Africa’s health landscape—from...
ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has sounded the alarm that more than...
Juliet Jacob
ABUJA, Nigeria – When ten-year-old Chidi squints from the back of his Abuja classroom, the blackboard dissolves...
Hussaini Ibrahim 
