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September 17, 2025 No Responses

Lassa Fever: Nigeria Records 162 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a rise in confirmed Lassa fever cases, with 162 deaths recorded across 21 states as of epidemiological week 35, spanning August 25–31.The NCDC via its official website on Tuesday...

September 5, 2025 No Responses

Anxiety Over New Ebola Outbreak

THE government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday declared a new outbreak of Ebola in the central province of Kasai, the country’s 16th since 1976.The development is generating anxiety within and outside the country.Health Minister Rog...

July 29, 2025 No Responses

Lagos Doctors Begin Strike

Citing alleged deduction from their salaries, medical doctors under Lagos State Government have announced a three-day warning strike from Monday. At the Guild of Medical Doctors press briefing held at their secretariat in Lagos, Japhet Olugbogi, cha...

July 19, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria Issues Alert On Dengue Fever, Cholera, Mpox, Diphtheria Outbreaks

The Nigerian Government has issued an alert warning Nigerians of the outbreak of infectious diseases across the country. Issuing the warning on Friday via its website, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) confirmed the widespread outbre...

May 4, 2025 No Responses

Edo Flags Off Polio Vaccination

The Edo State Ministry of Health has commenced Polio Vaccination Campaign for Children across all Local Government Areas in the state. Speaking during the official flag-off ceremony, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Cyril Adams Oshiomhole emphasized the critical...

April 24, 2025 No Responses

Commissioner: Over 135,000 People Living With HIV In Lagos

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has revealed that over 135,000 residents in the state are currently living with HIV, even as the government steps up efforts to improve healthcare delivery and reduce disease prevalence. He discl...

March 30, 2025 No Responses

Anxiety Over Meningitis Outbreak In Nigeria

Since early March, meningitis has been spreading rapidly throughout several states across Northwest Nigeria, mainly in Kebbi and Sokoto States, an international non-governmental organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, h...

February 15, 2025 No Responses

HIV: Lagos Trains 330 Health Workers On Mother-To-Child Prevention

As part of efforts to reduce the transmission of HIV from mothers to their newborns, the Lagos State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Saving One Million Lives Programme for Results (SOMLPforR), has trained 330 healthcare workers on the...

February 10, 2025 No Responses

Frequent Sex Doesn’t Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk, Says Expert

The Assistant Chief Medical Officer and General Practitioner at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Dr Sam Adegboye, has debunked the claim that frequent sexual activity reduces the risk of prostate cancer in men. The Physician debunked the claim in a...

February 3, 2025 No Responses

Ebola: Nigeria On High Alert

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed the country on high alert following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Uganda. Dr Jide Idris, the Director‐General, said this on Sunday in an interview...

January 31, 2025 No Responses

Lassa Fever: Nigeria Records 39 Deaths, 214 Confirmed Cases

Between December 30, 2024 and January 19, 2025, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Prevention recorded 214 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 39 deaths in 10 states across 43 local government areas. Also within the period, NCDC reported...

January 25, 2025 No Responses

Edo Declares Lassa Fever Outbreak

Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Cyril Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday, declared Lassa Fever outbreak in the State.The Commissioner made the announcement at the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) Palm House, Sapele Road, during a meeting with key stakeholders,...

January 16, 2025 No Responses

LAGOS KICKS OFF 2025 VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION

The Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS) has flagged off the Year 2025 Voluntary Blood Donation Awareness Month with an appeal to residents to embrace voluntary blood donation as a lifesaving act. Themed: “Blood, A Precious Gift: Give to Save...