3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (603+ words) Oyo State has recorded 131 suspected Lassa fever cases from January to September 10, 2026, with six confirmed cases and one death. The disclosure was made by the state Commissioner for Health, Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi. Ms Ajetunmobi disclosed this in Ibadan on Thursday. The…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (601+ words) A public health nutritionist has urged Nigerians to reduce salt, sugar and fatty foods, saying healthier dietary choices could help curb rising hypertension cases and related deaths nationwide. Florence Uchendu of Public Health Nutrition and Epidemiology at the National Open…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (826+ words) On Saturday, Nigeria’s social media went into a frenzy after results from an autopsy showed that British-Nigerian influencer Igho ‘Tiny’ Ubiribo, 43, died from complications of a penis enlargement procedure. He was a socialite and ally of multiple Grammy Award nominee,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (350+ words) At least 23 people have been killed by diphtheria outbreaks in several communities, including 143 others suspected to be infected in Jos North council area of Plateau. The health commissioner, Nicholas Baamlong, disclosed this on Tuesday in Jos, the state capital. According…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (459+ words) The expert said the lack of comprehensive genomic datasets should not stop African researchers from starting the process. Oladipo Kolawole, an infectious disease expert, says Africa must strengthen its capacity to own, analyse and develop artificial intelligence tools from its…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (579+ words) Adorned in a navy blue shirt and with a black nose mark, Samuel Ezekiel, narrated how he was deceived by a friend into a black market organ harvesting syndicate that removed his kidney in an Abuja hospital. Mr Ezekiel, 22, who…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (243+ words) An environmental expert, Halima Haruna, has warned that indiscriminate disposal of abattoir waste poses serious threats to public health, the environment and climate. Ms Haruna, an environmental educator and geologist at Kaduna Polytechnic, raised the concern during an interview on…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (600+ words) The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and UNICEF have urged the leadership of the six area councils of the FCT to take full ownership of local food and nutrition programmes to curb malnutrition and boost food security. Ubokutom Nyah, mandate…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (721+ words) Emmanuel Agogo, a global health consultant and environmental health science specialist, says insecticide resistance and climate change threaten the control of mosquito-borne diseases. Mr Agogo said this in an interview with journalists on Saturday in Abuja, in commemoration of the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (333+ words) The Bola Tinubu administration has approved the amendment of the National Mental Health Act to decriminalise attempted suicide in Nigeria and its subsequent transmission to the National Assembly for enactment. Disclosing this to journalists on Wednesday, after the Federal Executive…...