The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported that Lassa fever has claimed 138 lives between January and May 2025, with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 19.3 per cent.
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More than 40 of the world’s leading virologists have issued a stark warning about the growing threat of a global H5N1 bird flu pandemic, urging immediate international action to prevent a potential health catastrophe.
The Medical Officer of Health, Badagry West Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, Dr Dorcas Oladunjoye, says the suspected cholera outbreak in Zongo community, a Hausa/Fulani settlement in Badagry is behind deaths in the area.
The Association of Nigerian Inventors (ANI) on Thursday rated the current Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) ecosystem in the country 40 per cent in performance level.
Stakeholders from government institutions, civil society, and public health agencies have validated the Health Security Accountability Framework, which aims to promote responsible health financing and equitable access to life-saving vaccines.
A cybersecurity management firm, Seamfix has urged banks in the country to embrace Biometric Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) solutions to eliminate insider fraud in the banking industry.
Concerned by declining academic performance and reports of irregular class attendance, Sokoto State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Faruk Umar Abubakar Wurno, has called on the management of the College of Nursing Sciences, Sokoto to tighten its student monitoring systems, particularly by maintaining accurate class attendance registers. Dr. Wurno issued the directive during a meeting with the college’s management, held in the institution’s conference room. The meeting followed a series of complaints and concerns raised about students’ poor turnout and the low performance in recent examinations. “Only by keeping proper attendance records can we clearly identify genuine, committed students,” the Commissioner…
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed a $5 million investment in Husk Nigeria to expand access to reliable, renewable energy in underserved communities across Nigeria.
The head of the World Health Organization told staff Wednesday the UN agency was reducing its management team by nearly half due to dramatic US funding cuts.
Stakeholders in the health sector have called for the integration of mass administration of Azithromycin into the country’s health systems in a safe, acceptable, and scalable manner, to reduce child mortality.