Lassa Fever: Nigeria records 74 new cases, 51 deaths in 2026 – NCDC
The 74 confirmed cases in Week 6 were reported in Taraba, Ondo, Bauchi, Edo, Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi and Ebonyi states.
The 74 confirmed cases in Week 6 were reported in Taraba, Ondo, Bauchi, Edo, Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi and Ebonyi states.
The minister said the federal government had already procured and distributed boats to operate on waterways in different parts of ...
According to her, the alleged deaths from Lassa fever at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp in the ...
The deployment was intended to safeguard farming communities, protect livelihoods and revive socio-economic activities disrupted by unending insecurity in the ...
EFCC accused former Taraba State Governor Ishaku and his co-defendant of diverting money from the contingency funds belonging to the ...
Mr Tinubu made the declaration at the official reception of the Taraba State Governor,. Agbu Kefas, into the APC held ...
In a statement, the Acting Assistant Director of Army Public Relations, Umar Muhammad, said the incident occurred on Friday.
NCDC noted that 22 states recorded at least one confirmed case across 107 local government areas in 2025.
The report showed that 88 per cent of all confirmed Lassa fever cases in 2025 were reported from four states: ...
Mr Ndume said the North-east region hosts major insurgent strongholds and called for expanded military cooperation, including intelligence sharing, training, ...
President Tinubu urged governors to implement the Supreme Court ruling on local government autonomy and back proposed state police reforms, ...
The Army’s Acting Assistant Director of Public Relations, Umar Muhammad, said the raids showed that “no terrain is inaccessible to ...
According to the statement, troops carried out coordinated offensives in Akesha, Zambana Forest, and Ayu village in Takum and Donga ...
Kefas says his decision to dump the PDP was motivated by what he described as the need to secure Taraba’s ...
Governor Fintiri, who is the convention committee chairman, said the decision to expel the FCT minister is not in the ...
The Acting Media Information Officer of OPWS, Ahmad Zubairu, confirmed the operation in a statement on Tuesday
Volunteers were monitored for 12 months post-vaccination, with immune responses activating both humoral and cellular immunity across all doses.
Governors and several politicians from Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have been defecting to the APC ...
Bayelsa West Senator Seriake Dickson, who handed over power to Mr Diri, said he advised the governor against the decision ...
Mr Ologunagba boasted that the PDP does not need the influence of governors but the public support of mass of ...
Mr Hadeija said Mr Tinubu felt the need for the commission to look at the possibility of reducing the hajj ...
Despite women comprising nearly 50 per cent of the population and over 43 per cent of registered voters, their legislative ...
In the afternoon and evening, isolated thunderstorms with moderate rain are expected across the northern region.
While progress has been made in restoring health services across resettled areas of Borno State, significant gaps remain.
"The aspiration of the people would be the wish of the party. Yes, the National Working Committee (NWC), state organs, ...
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