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The NEC also directed the finance ministry to release approved funds for the rehabilitation of police training institutions

The State Immunisation Officer (SIO), Bashar Garba, said, "A lot of people, especially in the metropolitan LGAs, Sokoto South, Sokoto ...

In this exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the State Immunisation Officer (SIO), Bashar Garba, said many who still refuse the ...

 “We will be carrying routine immunisation vaccines, including polio, so that each and every child living in those borders is ...

We must shift the national narrative. People with disabilities are not "hated by God."

Between January and October 2025, 15 African countries reached nearly 200 million children with at least one dose of the ...

Nigeria was certified free of wild poliovirus in 2020, but outbreaks of a vaccine-derived variant remain a major concern in ...

Mr Mohammed said surveillance conducted in 2025 revealed the presence of the virus in Warawa, Bunkure, Kano Municipal, and Nasarawa ...

While he highlighted the challenges, he also acknowledged the progress Africa has made in reducing child deaths.

According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nigeria currently has the world’s highest number of unvaccinated children.

The global target, he noted, is to reduce the number of zero-dose children by 25 per cent by 2025 and ...

He called on traditional leaders to encourage parents and caregivers to present their children for vaccination during the campaign to ...

"We will not relent until Kano is completely free from the virus,” he said.

She noted that two of the cases were detected through Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance, while the third was identified ...

UNICEF issued a strong call to action, urging the Jigawa State Government, and indeed all states in Nigeria, to take ...

Mr Bashir said the agency had deployed 2,778 personnel to ensure a successful immunisation in all the 21 local government ...

He revealed that the state has 1,636 health facilities providing routine immunisation services for children

She called on all stakeholders to ensure massive awareness campaign before the commencement of the exercise to ensure high level ...

He noted that despite strong political commitment, Nigeria has continued to face operational challenges hindering the complete eradication of poliovirus

The minister highlighted ongoing challenges in Nigeria’s polio eradication efforts, to include gaps in vaccination team selection, training, accountability and ...

The Senate said the funds will support health interventions and address challenges previously financed by US government foreign aid before ...

Mr Bowale stated that during this period, vaccination teams will visit residential homes, schools, churches, mosques, gated estates, and other ...

Nigeria was declared polio-free in 2020 by the World Health Organisation, but hundreds of cases of the vaccine-derived type have ...

This was one of the resolutions reached on Wednesday at the 144th edition of National Economic Council Meeting (NEC) chaired ...

The number of children reached in central Gaza during the first two days of the campaign launched on Sunday exceeded ...