Kwara Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi has flagged off measles vaccination campaign for children under the age of five to reduce childhood morbidity and mortality in the state. Alabi launched th…
No fewer than 500 Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) are not functioning in Zamfara due to insecurity, the Executive Secretary, State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Husaini Anka, has said. Anka…
The health ministry in Gaza on Thursday said at least 3,785 Palestinians had been killed and 12,493 wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7. Ministry spokesman, Ashraf Al-Qudra to…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC), has provided an update on the national response to the resurging diphtheria outbreak in the country. The Director-General of NCD…
The recently released 2023 edition of BudgIT’s annual ‘States of States’ report, Lagos and Kaduna have placed Lagos and Kaduna states as the only two states out of Nigeria’s 36 to generate more rev…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has strongly condemned an apparent attack on a hospital in northern Gaza on Tuesday that has reportedly left many hundreds of people killed and injured. A…
Kano State has at least 989,234 out-of-school children, UNICEF’s Country Representative in Nigeria, Ms Cristian Munduate, said in Kano on Thursday. She told a news conference that the almost…
The Coordinating Ministry of Health and Social Welfare says 98 per cent of unvaccinated children were infected with diphtheria in 19 states. The Minister, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, made the d…
Google on Thursday announced 11 African startups for the first cohort of its “Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First” programme. The Head of Startup Ecosystem, Africa, Folarin Aiyegbusi, …
The National Emergency Task Force and Coordination for Diphtheria in Nigeria, has said Kano, Yobe, Katsina, Borno, Kaduna, and Bauchi states are struggling with escaping cases of diphtheria. …
The Kano State Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) has sealed off Reach clinic over non compliance with the law establishing the Agency and standard operation guidelines. G…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has registered 1,068 Lassa fever infections across 112 local government areas in 28 states of the federation. The NCDC said this…
