Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has announced a new 191 million dollars Health Systems Strengthening (HSS-3) grant to Nigeria aimed at improving immunisation coverage and reaching underserved populations. The initiative targets 1.8 million zero-dose children, those who have never received any…
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a public health advisory following a significant surge in cholera cases across 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in nine states. During a media briefing in Abuja on Friday, the…
THE Federal Government has directed that work should stop on the 12km Sagamu-Iperu Road by the Sagamu Interchange on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, gave the directive on Thursday during an inspection tour of…
THE Kaduna State Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have intensified efforts to contain an outbreak of measles that has already claimed the lives of two children in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
THE Malam Madori Local Government Council of Jigawa says it has vaccinated about 8,655 animals in the locality. The council’s spokesperson, Mr Musa Muhammad, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Dutse, on Wednesday.…
Eben Enasco Reporting A shocking scandal has rocked the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), under the leadership of Professor Darlington Ewaen Obaseki, with allegations of N40,000 racketeering involving mortuary staff for processing” and “storage” fees of corpse. The official…
AS the 2025 Polio Immunisation Outbreak Response (OBR) entered its second day in Sokoto State, stakeholders monitoring the exercise across three local government areas have expressed optimism for a successful outcome. Trojaninsights reports that the four-day campaign, which began…
THE Government of Zamfara State is set to start the administration of measles, rubella vaccine across the state by October 2025. The Zamfara State Governor’s Wife, Hajiya Huriyya Lawal, spoke while flagging off the sensitisation campaign for the vaccination drive,…
THE Federal Government is actively seeking global investments to boost local health manufacturing in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Mr Alaba Balogun, the Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations. According…
THE Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KSPHCDA) has inaugurated a house-to-house polio vaccination campaign to protect children from the debilitating effects of the poliovirus. The campaign marks the commemoration of the Integrated 2025 National Immunisation Plus Days…
