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On Tuesday, the total number of infections crossed 560,000, adding some 20,000 cases every day, with nearly 17,000 deaths linked ...

This season is challenging Nigerian musicians to think out of the box to remain relevant and make some income.

The WHO receives the majority of its funding from two primary sources. The first is membership dues from countries, which ...

Though the tally is still relatively low compared to global figures, it has doused the debate on the continent having ...

Mr Trump on Tuesday at a press conference said he has instructed his administration to halt funding to WHO.

"Some of these measures will surely cause major inconveniences to many citizens. But these are sacrifices we should all be ...

Simply put, the difference between these three scenarios of disease spread is a matter of scale.

Nigeria has a total of 35 confirmed cases.

Cases of Coronavirus continued to rise all over the world last week as Nigeria also grappled with its perennial Lassa ...

Currently, Africa has very few cases of COVID-19 compared with most other parts of the world. The highest number of ...

The victims were stooling and vomiting excessively when they were taken to the hospital, but they died while on treatment

Members of the community insisted there was no disease outbreak in the area, authorities say

“Routine immunisation is the backbone of disease control and more should be done to ensure its utilisation.”

Regional leaders in the north met Tuesday over the outbreak.

The NCDC has activated an emergency operations centre.

Nearly 200 people have been killed in the state in the latest outbreak of meningitis.

Health ministry says it is expecting additional 800,000 does next week.

Meningitis has so far killed nearly 300 people in Nigeria in the last few weeks.

"Today’s travel patterns put no person or country beyond the reach of the measles virus.”

An outbreak of water borne diseases in the school killed two students , while many have been hospitalized.

"We channelled the sewage pipe into the drainage because our facility collapsed and we do not have any other option."

Nigeria is working an international organisation to nip yellow fever in case of any eventuality.