The Federal Government says an estimated 80 million children in Nigeria are exposed to lead poisoning, calling for stronger measures to address the public health and environmental threat. Minister of ...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Wednesday convened its first Incident Management Meeting following Nigeria’s official declaration of an Ebola outbreak to coordinate response efforts. The ...
On the observance of International Day of the Girl, stakeholder calls to address child marriage have intensified across Nigeria. The 2026 global theme, "End child marriage and invest in girls’ ...
The Women Advocate Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) has warned that unsafe abortion continues to drive high rates of maternal mortality in Nigeria, calling for an urgent overhaul of the ...
Dr. Tunji Alausa, Minister of Education The Federal Government has unveiled new reforms aimed at ensuring every Nigerian child returns to school and acquires relevant knowledge and skills. Dr. Balarabe ...
...Says birth registration at 57%, death registration below 20% The National Population Commission (NPC) has officially commenced the nationwide rollout of the VitalReg platform, a digital Electronic Civil Registration and ...
No fewer than 10 local government areas of Gombe State are facing severe food security issues, according to the 2024/2025 Gombe State General Household Survey and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey ...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria’s education crisis is evolving into a more complex challenge driven by poverty, rapid population growth, poor learning outcomes, and growing concerns about ...
President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated the Lagos Cold and Dry Storage Hub, a future-ready vaccine storage and distribution cold chain facility designed to serve 90.7 million Nigerians by 2035 and ...
An ecologist extracts a sample of blood from a Mastomys Natalensis rodent in the village of Jormu in southeastern Sierra Leone February 8, 2011. Lassa fever, named after the Nigerian ...
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