Portuguese health authorities on Wednesday confirmed five cases of monkeypox in young men, and Britain announced two more new cases, marking an unusual outbreak in Europe of a disease typically

China’s two biggest cities tightened COVID-19 curbs on their residents on Monday, raising new frustration and even questions about the legality of its uncompromising battle with the virus. As authorities

A United Kingdom (UK) based firm, HP Kapital Limited and the FHT Ventures Plc on Tuesday in Abuja, unveiled a multi-billion-naira development-driven intervention plans. The firms said their target was

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said that ongoing investigation of a “billionaire drug baron” Chief Afam Ukatu, has led to the discovery of how the suspect imported

Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen has said Nigeria has the highest number of cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the world, accounting for about 115 million

Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has advised political parties to make drug integrity test part of the screening requirements for

The National Malaria Elimination Programme on Tuesday said the World Bank was providing $200 million loan to fund malaria intervention programme in 13 states of the Federation. The National Coordinator

As the world marked the World Malaria Day on Monday,, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that no fewer than 602,000 people died of malaria in Nigeria and other

The United States has spent $768 million from 2011 to date to fight malaria in Nigeria. In 2021 alone, she spent $74 million on malaria scourge despite the outbreak of

As part of strategies to reduce malaria, especially in endemic communities in Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has endorsed the use of vaccines to prevent the disease among children

Shanghai authorities battling an outbreak of COVID-19 have erected fences outside residential buildings, sparking fresh public outcry over a lockdown that has forced much of the city’s 25 million people

The Kogi State government in North-Central Nigeria has moved to curtail the spread of the lassa fever disease, following the confirmation of the out break of lassa fever in 9

A joint team of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Department of State Services (DSS) have raided and sealed off Diplomatic Suite Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja. A statement by the

Following the outbreak of lassa fever in Aya , Machagba communities in Ibaji Local government area of Kogi state, at least 20 persons been confirmed to have lost their lives

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration said on Tuesday it would appeal a judge’s ruling ending a mask mandate on airplanes if public health officials deem it necessary to stem the

The tensions of lockdown have exposed divisions among Shanghai residents, pitting young against old, locals against outsiders, and above all, COVID-negative against COVID-positive people. Shanghai’s 25 million people, most of

Nigeria’s Federal Government has admitted that despite the numbers of Nigerians with age 60 years and above standing at 14.8 million, there is increasing gaps in the provision of health

Nigeria and 12 other countries in Africa are yet to surpass 10 per cent full vaccination of their population against the COVID-19 pandemic, a report released by the UN Office