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On February 27, it will be exactly one year since Nigeria reported its first COVID-19 infection.

Private universities seem to be coping better in adhering to COVID-19 protocols.

A report said Nigeria spends about N526.4 billion on tobacco-related illness annually, thus affecting its healthcare system.

The World Health Organisation expert mission to China ended this week without finding the source of the coronavirus that has...

Treating cancer is expensive and for many years even before COVID-19, cancer patients and their families in Nigeria were left...

The World Cancer Day is an initiative of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and is celebrated annually on...

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, over 3,500 people get infected with Leprosy every year in Nigeria.

These findings may have major implications for managing patients already known to be at risk of severe COVID-19.

The world has an important opportunity to turn the hard-won lessons of this pandemic into a healthier, more equal future...

Claim: Twitter users claim that eating coconut causes coughing.

There are currently three new coronavirus variants: the Brazilian, South African and UK.

"In the two years I have spent in NIPRD, we have been able to midwife a more than 20 fold...

Almost everyone will be temporarily or permanently impaired at some point in life, the World Disability Report says.

“In the last two weeks, the number of travellers who have tested positive after the 7th day test has increased."

Although there are interventions against malaria in pregnancy in place, there are still gaps that could jeopardise efforts.

The pandemic also provided enough lessons to help in planning the future of health services in the country,

Kebbi has had the highest number of malaria cases in the country for the past five years.

“Pregnancy is not a disease. It should not lead to deaths. Every maternal death should be regarded as an abnormality."

Nigeria has recorded at least 75 deaths from yellow fever in 2020.

Pfizer announced the development of a COVID-19 vaccine that prevented more than 90 per cent of infections in a study...

Nigeria’s new COVID-19 infections have increased in the last two weeks, suggesting a possible resurgence.

Only 71 medical doctors serve the state’s 153 primary and secondary healthcare facilities.

Authorities in Enugu said a strange ailment, now known to be yellow fever, had claimed over 50 lives in parts...

The country’s limited testing capacity and inconsistent contact tracing has been a major concern.

Mrs Akerele-Ogunsiji said none of the COVID-19 intervention from the VSF was looted, clarifying that the VSF operate independently and...