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The country has five years to the target set by Nigeria for ending open defecation nationwide.

The World AIDS Day is celebrated December 1 every year to honour the people who have fallen to the disease...

Mr Ogbuagu’s ground-breaking research in the field of modified genetic code has catapulted him into the public eye.

Mr Ihekweazu said that the announcement of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines against the COVID-19 gave Nigeria a significant “ray...

The eight people died as a result of the disease in some villages in Lagelu local government area of Ibadan.

The state, according to the NCDC, is the least impacted across the country, with a total of just five infections.

Noncommunicable diseases are, to some extent, preventable and manageable. But it is estimated they will cause 75% more deaths.

The official said only 26 per cent of the estimated TB cases in Nigeria "were identified and have been put...

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

The potentially dangerous pneumonia-like disease, which has spread to over 200 countries, has also claimed nearly 950,000 lives.

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

Mr Gusau said Mr Arab, a professor, will take over from Muhammad Aminu, who has been appointed as a Permanent...

Tooth discoloration is abnormal tooth colour that can be caused by numerous local oral systemic factors

The crisis, which has affected men, women and children alike, has resulted in widespread displacement, infrastructure destruction, and the collapse...

Case tracing of people suffering from Tuberculosis in the country has slowed down in recent month due to COVID-19

COVID-19 cases on the continent have doubled in the past six weeks.

According to the research, a man was infected with COVID-19 for the second time

India, a country of 1.3 billion, has so far reported 2,905,823 infections.

Ondo State has witnessed 30 deaths so far from COVID-19, far less when compared to the fatalities from the Lassa...

In March, the vaccine became the first in China to be approved to enter clinical trials.

The global tally of confirmed cases of the virus has exceeded 21 million.

Vaccines can take years to develop and test but many countries have accelerated efforts in a bid to slow the...

But while figures of fatalities are piling in the homeland thus far, there is no official count of Nigerians in...

SMC is designed to prevent and protect children against malaria.

The activists say African governments are yet to put strong measures to combat the increasing use of tobacco on the...