The doctors said the healthcare system is already overstretched to an elastic limit due to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the...

The country failed to meet a global pledge on family planning it made along with other countries in 2012.

Apart from the pandemic, the fight against TB has been chronically underfunded in the last few years.

The 2017 report is the latest by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, (OAGF).

Mr Ehanire lamented that the country’s health indices are poor and totally unacceptable.

He said the sum was needed to identify and treat additional 540,000 People Living With HIV (PLWHIV) in the country.

Many voters ignored the COVID-19 rules.

The World Health Organization had in April warned that malaria deaths could double due to severe disruptions to essential malaria...

As of Sunday morning, 535, 733 of Nigeria’s 200 million have already been tested for COVID-19.

Officials say the kit can produce results in less than 40 minutes.

Scientists have been in a race to develop a vaccine against the virus.

The two isolation centres are located within the Karu and Asokoro general hospitals

Nigeria's coronavirus pandemic curve might be making a downward curve

The official also said 308,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes every year.

There was a social media frenzy following the disclosure by a finalist in the ongoing Big Brother Naija Lockdown show...

Smokeless tobacco is also responsible for about 200,000 deaths from coronary heart disease

The official said women have been marginalised and not consulted in the process of drafting the Constitution.

The seroprevalence survey plans to provide accurate evidence on the extent of COVID-19 infection in the country.

WHO says over 41,000 health workers in Africa have been infected with COVID-19.

A total of 14 parties are taking part in the elections although it is seen as a straight contest between...

This figure accounts for about four percent of all COVID cases on the continent

The World Patient Safety Day is marked annually on 17 September to increase public awareness and engagement, enhance global understanding...

“Out of the 1.9 million people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, about 900,000 are yet to show up for treatment...

The Goalkeepers 2020 report shows that after 20 straight years of poverty numbers coming down, the pandemic has reversed the...

The airlines were banned when international flights resumed on September 5