Experts appointed by the Trump administration’s vaccine-skeptic health secretary reviewed Thursday the routine practice of administering hepatitis B vaccines to newborns, considering whether to delay the...
Meta suspended the Instagram accounts of two Tanzanian activists on Thursday after they posted images of the violent crackdown by security forces on election protests, which...
President Donald Trump hosted the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to sign a deal that the US leader has hailed...
Burkina Faso’s military rulers will bring back the death penalty, which was abolished in 2018, the country’s Council of Ministers announced Thursday. “This draft penal code...
Cashmir Chinedu Luke, the Chief Executive Officer of a home care company based in the United States, has been arrested at San Francisco International Airport while...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday brings together the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo for what he will hail as his latest...
Tech giant Meta said Thursday it is starting to remove under-16s in Australia from Instagram, Threads and Facebook ahead of the country’s world-first youth social media...
Nigeria and Somalia have found themselves drawn into fresh diplomatic unease with Washington this week following separate controversial remarks by US President Donald Trump, with reactions...
Ireland has launched a probe into whether social media platforms TikTok and LinkedIn violated European Union rules on reporting illegal online content, Dublin’s digital regulator said...
The US Department of Justice has dismissed eight immigration judges in New York City, the association representing them said Tuesday, amid tensions with the courts as...
The Federal Government says Nigeria’s re-election to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will strengthen...
The Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has threatened to embark on...
By Justina Auta Sightsavers Nigeria says it has empowered 2,878 adolescent girls and young women with disabilities in Kano...
By Osayi Aghahowa Stakeholders on Monday validated the draft Edo Policy Framework on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV), recommending technical inputs...
By Talatu Maiwada The Republic of Korea (ROK), in partnership with the Nigerian Government and UNICEF, is supporting the Adamawa...
A public health expert has urged the Federal Government to ensure that the N10 billion approved for Ebola preparedness is...
By Lilian U. OkoroThe Sickle Cell Club Lagos, has urged the Federal Government to subsidise the Sickle Cell Foundation-Lagos...
By Vivian Ihechu The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), through its Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) programme, has opened applications for the...
By Adeyemi Adeleye A Coalition of Sickle Cell NGOs has called for increased healthcare funding, improved access...
By Kemi Akintokun The Haematology Department of Alimosho General Hospital (ALGH) has commemorated the 2026 World Sickle Cell Day...
By Aderogba GeorgeThe National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), in partnership with the One World Initiative...
By Hafsah Tilde The Federal Government has called for a whole-of-society approach to ending conflict-related sexual violence, urging stakeholders to...
By Rukayat Moisemhe No fewer than 200 Nigerians have received life-saving cardiac interventions through the partnership between the Sir Emeka...
By Kemi Akintokun The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it intercepted tankers of suspected...
By Kemi Akintokun Sickle Cell warriors and medical professionals on Friday called for more support from government and inclusion of...
By Muhyideen Jimoh The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Preparedness and Emerging Public Health Threats has...
By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko As the world marks Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Day on Friday, experts have warned that poor management...
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 724 illegal pharmaceutical outlets in Kwara. The Registrar of...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has called for stronger partnerships, evidence-based interventions and innovative responses to...
HomeFG expands newborn sickle cell screening, seeks insurance coverage FG expands newborn sickle cell screening, seeks insurance coverage...
By Grace Idachaba Swipha Pharma Nigeria Ltd. has donated anti-malarial drugs worth N500,000 to the Kano State Drugs and Medical...
By Folasade Akpan The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja, inaugurated Project STRAWN, a workforce-readiness initiative aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s...
By Isioma Nwabasha Fidson Healthcare PLC, on Thursday donated a multi-million naira Theatre Pharmacy to Federal Medical Center (FMC), Asaba,...
By Justina AutaCivil society organisations (CSOs) have called for the expansion of health insurance coverage to vulnerable Nigerians, particularly the...
The Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Prof. George Ugwu, has raised alarm over the alleged circulation of counterfeit Augmentin 625mg...
By Blessing Odega CLEEN Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, has trained 20 Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) in Plateau to strengthen response...
The Federal Government and the Global Fund on Tuesday inaugurated the expanded Abuja Premier Medical Warehouse (APMW) to strengthen storage...
The students of King’s College Lagos have called for decent Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and a nation devoid of...
By Muhammad Nur Tijani Kano State Government has inaugurated a high-powered committee to investigate the alleged unauthorised sale of Ready-to-Use...
By Sani Idris Abdulrahman The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says its Climate Resilient Infrastructure and Basic Services (CRIBS II)...
