Nigeria has launched its first public-facing Mental Health Policy Commitment Tracker, a digital platform designed to independently monitor i...

Across Africa, rising cases of dementia linked to aging populations and other factors are becoming a growing concern. In Nigeria, a start...

At least 90 people ​have died and more ‌than 12,000 others have been infected in a fast-spreading cholera ​outbreak in Nigeria's conflic...

Nigeria’s anti-drug agency said it has busted a transnational organized drug syndicate involving Nigerians and Mexicans in the southwestern ...

The Government of Cross River State has reported an occurrence of COVID-19 in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Henry Ayuk, t...

Women are at the frontline of Nigeria’s disease detection and response. Their work drives faster reporting, higher vaccination coverage and ...

Nigeria has reported 146 deaths from Lassa fever between January and mid-March, as infections continue to spread across the country. The Ni...

On World Tuberculosis Day, Nigeria faces one of the highest TB burdens globally, with an estimated 510,000 new cases each year. Children ...

Interest is rising across Nigeria in a new long-acting HIV prevention injection, even before its full nationwide rollout. Health workers and...

  It’s a hot early afternoon on a tree-lined street in FESTAC town, a popular residential estate in Lagos. People take shelter in the shade ...

Nearly N400 billion, or 20 percent of Nigeria’s 2026 health budget, depends on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) technical support, fund...

The $2.1 billion in funding will support Nigeria's fight against HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and polio, while boosting maternal and c...

Nigerian health experts warn rapid urbanization, sedentary lifestyles, fried foods, and sugary diets are driving a diabetes surge. Particul...

Abuja, Nigeria, in collaboration with WHO and other partners, is intensifying efforts to eradicate all forms of polio by 2030 through govern...

Nigeria now stands as the world’s lowest life expectancy , according to a new United Nations data for 2025, which confirms a national aver...

Doctors in Nigeria warn that sudden unexplained deaths now account for about 14 percent of all fatalities, driven by poor healthcare acce...

  In the neighbourhood of Kado Lifecamp on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, 29-year-old Eucharia Joseph grips a cooler box and sets out f...

West African countries, including Nigeria, spend over $3 billion annually on meat imports, primarily from Argentina and Australia, despite ...

Foreign aid reductions are severely impacting humanitarian operations in northeastern Nigeria. Key NGOs, including Mercy Corps, shut down...

Under the dappled light of a thatched shelter, Yagana Bulama cradles her surviving infant. The other twin is gone, a casualty of malnutritio...