Lassa fever remains a major health challenge in Nigeria, killing 100 people in early 2025. What’s going wrong?

A strange disease has killed four students of the Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero. The university’s ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded 28 new confirmed cases and three deaths from Lassa ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in new confirmed Lassa fever cases across ...

Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria reports over 1,000 cases of leprosy yearly, a disease caused by a bacterium, ...

The recent outbreak and spread of diphtheria, a highly contagious and potentially life-threatening disease, in some parts of the country has continued to heighten health concerns. KAZEEM BIRIOWO, in ...

People affected by leprosy in Nigeria should be able to get hold of vital drugs to treat the disease for the first time in a ...

Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children.

Nigeria accounts for nearly 20% of global maternal deaths, with WHO data showing that 814 women die per 100,000 live ...

The World Health Organization has reportedly said it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria, where thousands of people suffer from the chronic disease. Bureaucratic delays meant Nigeria ran out of the ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria during the weekend after a year-long delay.