Health
We didn’t advise Nigerians not to eat bread – NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has dissociated itself from a comment asking Nigerians to ...US donates 10,000 Mpox vaccine doses to Nigeria
The government of the United States of America donated 10,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine to Nigeria on Tuesday. Jynneos ...Abduction: Resident doctors begin nationwide strike
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has embarked on a seven-day warning strike over the abduction of their colleague, ...We’ve recorded 40 mpox cases in 13 states — more laboratories needed for testing, says ...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 40 confirmed mpox cases have been recorded in the country. Jide Idris, ...4.4 million children in north-east, north-west are malnourished – FG
The federal government says 4.4 million children in the north-east and north-west regions are malnourished. Ladidi Bako-Aiyebusi, director of nutrition ...Nigeria records 39 mpox cases | 10,000 doses of vaccine expected
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 39 mpox cases and zero deaths have been recorded in the country ...WHO declares mpox public health emergency of international concern
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared mpox a “public health emergency of international concern”. The declaration comes a day ...67% of Nigerian doctors practise in UK, NHS will struggle if they leave – Minister
Health Minister, Ali Pate, has said doctors and nurses trained in Nigeria are sought-after globally, and that 67% of them ...Africa CDC declares mpox public health emergency
The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has declared mpox a “public health emergency of continental security”. Mpox is transmitted ...Mpox: Health ministry mandates ALL Nigeria-bound travellers to fill health declaration form
The ministry of health has mandated all travellers entering the country to fill and submit a health declaration form over ...