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Plateau Records TB Gap as Cases Fall Below Estimates Healthcare worker conducting tuberculosis test in Plateau State

Plateau Records TB Gap as Cases Fall Below Estimates

Hussaini Ibrahim March 23, 2026

JOS, Nigeria – Plateau State records a significant gap in tuberculosis detection, with only 5,397 cases identified...

Doctor Warns of Food Safety Risks, Urges Balanced Diet After Ramadan Healthy meal preparation and safe food handling practices

Doctor Warns of Food Safety Risks, Urges Balanced Diet After Ramadan

Hussaini Ibrahim March 21, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – A medical expert at Muhammad Wase Specialist Hospital, Ahmad Sani is warning Nigerians to...

NESREA Shuts Oyo Factory Over Toxic Waste Discharge Violations Sealed industrial facility over environmental violations in Oyo

NESREA Shuts Oyo Factory Over Toxic Waste Discharge Violations

Chukwu Obinna March 20, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency have sealed a factory in Oyo...

Nigeria Receives Long-Acting HIV Prevention Drug Lenacapavir Kenyan health workers prepare rollout of new HIV prevention drug

Nigeria Receives Long-Acting HIV Prevention Drug Lenacapavir

Hussaini Ibrahim March 19, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria has received its first batch of 11,520 doses of Lenacapavir, marking a major...

FG Targets 3m Nigerians in Nationwide Dental Campaign Nigerian Dental Association calls for oral health policy reform”

FG Targets 3m Nigerians in Nationwide Dental Campaign

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius March 19, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government is launching a nationwide oral health campaign aimed at reaching three...

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.

Poultry birds in a Nigerian farm illustrating antibiotic use in livestock and its link to antimicrobial resistance.

The Silent Siege: How Invisible Superbugs Are Rewriting Nigeria’s Public Health Future

Chukwu Obinna March 18, 2026

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

Nigeria Expands TB Detection with Digital Tools, Advanced Testing Health workers using digital tools for tuberculosis diagnosis in Nigeria

Nigeria Expands TB Detection with Digital Tools, Advanced Testing

Mirian Gom March 17, 2026

Abuja, Nigeria – Nigeria’s tuberculosis control programme says new digital systems and advanced diagnostic tools are helping...

Toothless Bulldog? Nigeria’s Sachet Water Crisis Endangering Millions Satirical illustration of a bulldog labelled “NAFDAC DG” surrounded by leaking sachets of “pure water,” symbolising weak regulatory enforcement and Nigeria’s contaminated sachet water crisis.