(MENAFN) At least 38 individuals who were seized from a village in Nigeria's northern Zamfara State have been executed by their abductors, as reported by a news agency on Monday. The massacre reportedly happened even though over 50 million naira...
(MENAFN) At least 38 people abducted from Banga village in Nigeria’s northern Zamfara State have been killed by kidnappers, according to local broadcaster Channels Television on Monday. The murders occurred even after the community paid a ransom...
(MENAFN) At least 13 people have lost their lives and 239 others have been infected as a cholera outbreak intensifies across six districts in Niger state, located in central Nigeria, local officials confirmed. "The outbreak continues to spread in...
(MENAFN) The World Food Program (WFP) has issued an urgent alert that its critical food and nutrition support for 1.3 million people in northeastern Nigeria is set to stop by the end of July due to a drastic lack of funding. In a statement...
(MENAFN) Nigeria's Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) issued an urgent alert on Monday due to an escalating Lassa fever outbreak within the country. The health authority verified that over 800 individuals have contracted the illness, and 151 have...
(MENAFN) Nigeria is facing a growing Lassa fever outbreak that has killed at least 151 people and infected more than 800 in the first half of 2025, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). In its latest epidemiological report...
Father Daniel Alphonsus Afina was kidnapped while serving Christian communities in dangerous northeastern region ZURICH, ZH, SWITZERLAND, July 24, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Christian Solidarity International (CSI) welcomes the news that Father...
The Department of Health embarks on vaccination drive against mpox disease as the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of the disease is gradually rising in the country. The vaccination programme will target the most affected provinces which...
(MENAFN) At least 22 people, including a police officer, have died and nearly 200 others were injured during violent protests in Angola sparked by a recent fuel price hike, Interior Minister Manuel Homem reported. Speaking at a government meeting...
Medical Ozone Therapy Market is estimated to valued USD 594.4 Mn in 2025 and expected reach USD 887.9 Mn by 2032, growing at CAGR of 5.9% from 2025 to 2032. BURLINGAME, CA, UNITED STATES, July 11, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Coherent Market...
Accra, Aug. 2, GNA – PharmAccess Ghana and the Healthcare Federation of Ghana (HFG) have signed a licensing agreement that grants HFG access to the globally recognised SafeCare Quality Improvement Programme. This marks a milestone in Ghana’s drive...
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The federal government has urged the United States Mission in Nigeria to stop orchestrating what it termed a “relentless smear campaign” and “jaundiced narratives” and to respect diplomatic ground rules—or risk...
A community member, Samuel Dangana, told Daily Trust on Saturday that the unrest began when suspected land grabbers, accompanied by police operatives from Byazhin Division, attempted to seize a parcel of land in the area. According to him, the...
Leading culinary brand, GBfoods Nigeria, for the fourth consecutive year, has partnered Fundación Elena Barráquer and Niger Foundation Hospital to provide free cataract surgeries for approximately 500 beneficiaries selected from local communities...
Conservative Party leader and UK opposition head, Kemi Badenoch, has opened up about her difficult experiences growing up, including her time at a Federal Government Girls’ boarding school in Sagamu, Nigeria, which she likened to a prison....
The Chief of Nutrition at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Abuja office, Nemat Hajeebhoy, has expressed satisfaction that over 90 percent of Nigerian mothers breastfeed their children. She made the remark on Friday at the launch of...
Chief of Nutrition at UNICEF Abuja, Nemat Hajeebhoy, has expressed satisfaction with the high rate of breastfeeding in Nigeria, revealing that more than 90 per cent of Nigerian mothers breastfeed their children. She made the statement on Friday...
Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, killing more people in 2023 than any other infection. A report published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in March 2025 shows that...
A recent statement by Kemi Badenoch, the British Conservative Party leader and a woman of Nigerian descent, sparked a storm of public introspection. Speaking on her inability to transmit Nigerian citizenship to her children because she is a woman,...
The former presidential candidate and human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has criticised Nigerians for focusing more on British politician Kemi Badenoch’s denial of her Nigerian identity than on citizens who still embrace their nationality. In a...
