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Nigeria Meets Key HIV Targets Ahead of 2030 AIDS Deadline NACA Director-General addressing HIV progress at Abuja press briefing

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius November 26, 2025

Abuja, Nigeria – Nigeria has achieved two of the three global HIV targets set for 2030, marking...

Japan Donates Cholera Kits to Strengthen Nigeria’s Outbreak Response WHO officials handing over cholera response kits to Nigerian health authorities

Oluwatobi Adu November 24, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria- Nigeria’s fight against cholera has received a major boost following the donation of essential cholera...

NAFDAC Sounds Alarm as Antibiotic Misuse Threatens Nigeria’s Food Chain NAFDAC official speaking at antimicrobial awareness event in Lagos

Juliet Jacob November 23, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) warns that Nigeria...

“When Faith Closed the Door”: A Daughter’s Plea After Her Mother Chose Belief Over Blood Daughter in the Ette community holding her late mother’s photograph, symbolising the human toll of refusing blood transfusion.

Juliet Jacob November 22, 2025

On a humid evening in Ette, Enugu State, as the last traces of sunset washed the village...

Cross River, UNFPA Deploy Citywide Condom Dispensers to Curb HIV Cross River launches UNFPA-supported condom dispensers in Calabar.

Korede Abdullah November 22, 2025

CALABAR, Nigeria – Cross River State, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), launches a...

Africa CDC Warns of Surge in Cholera, Mpox, Marburg Africa CDC, Public Health, Ebola, Mpox, Cholera, Outbreak Response, Vaccination, Community Surveillance, Africa Health, WASH

Oluwatobi Adu November 21, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) warns of rising outbreaks...

45m Nigerians Still Defecate Openly as Safe Sanitation Access Plunges Nationwide Open defecation site in rural Nigeria highlighting sanitation challenges.

Mirian Gom November 20, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s sanitation crisis is deepening, with more than 45 million people still practicing open...

Nigeria Records 12 New Lassa Fever Cases as Fatality Rate Climbs to 18.3% Health workers respond as Lassa fever kills 162 Nigerians in 2025

Mirian Gom November 20, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria has recorded 12 new confirmed Lassa fever cases in epidemiological week 44 of...

NAFDAC Warns Nigeria Faces Urgent Threat from Drug Resistance Surge NAFDAC officials address journalists during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week in Abuja.