What exactly is this El Niño everyone is talking about? El Niño is a natural climate event that happens when the surface waters of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warmer than normal. Although it happens thousands of kilometres away from Africa, it changes wind patterns, rainfall and temperature globally, including in West…

The Edo State Government has begun work on a two-storey general hospital in Iguobazuwa, the administrative headquarters of Ovia South-West Local Government Area, as part of efforts to expand access to healthcare in the state. The proposed facility is expected to provide secondary medical services to residents of Ovia Federal Constituency and neighbouring communities, reducing…

The first confirmed Ebola case recorded in Nigeria in over a decade has been flown out of the country for further medical management. The patient was evacuated on Monday morning, October 26, 2026, from the General Aviation Terminal (private jet wing) of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, aboard a chartered medical evacuation aircraft. Sources…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has approved an emergency weekly payment of N100,000 per person for individuals placed in isolation or quarantine as part of efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this during a press briefing…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the Democratic Republic of Congo-led research effort, with the first participant receiving the Ervebo vaccine on Friday, October 23, in Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the development, describing the research programme as Tumaini, a Swahili word meaning “hope.” He said the…

The Federal Government has directed relevant agencies and healthcare institutions to strengthen enforcement of Ebola screening procedures at Nigeria’s designated entry points following concerns over lapses in the implementation of existing measures. The directive was issued by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in a circular dated October 22 and signed by Permanent…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has uncovered a residential building in Lagos being used as a warehouse for empty bottles of assorted alcoholic drinks suspected to be for counterfeiting popular brands. The agency said its Investigation & Enforcement Directorate discovered the facility at No. 322B Meiran Road, Agbado Oke-Odo,…

Festus Keyamo the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to place 46 persons who had contact with Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola patient on a no-fly list for 21 days. Keyamo disclosed this in a statement following a virtual meeting on Wednesday with the Coordinating Minister of Health and…

The Federal Government has confirmed an imported case of Ebola Virus Disease in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and has commenced contact tracing for 44 people. Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, after laboratory confirmation. According to the Minister, the…

The Federal Government has confirmed an imported case of Ebola Virus Disease in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, after laboratory confirmation. According to the Minister, the patient is a woman who recently arrived Nigeria…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has supplied 11,580 cartons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to the Gombe State Government to strengthen efforts to treat children suffering from acute malnutrition. The intervention is expected to improve access to specialised nutritional treatment for vulnerable children across the state, with UNICEF emphasising the need for proper distribution,…

Eyitomilola Oyelami’s warm smile does not give an immediate glimpse of the quiet daily battle she fights. Now in her mid-30s, her memories of an energetic life before rheumatoid arthritis (RA) carry a bittersweet mix of gratitude and grief. Her journey started not with a crisis but with a subtle air of pain as she…

Health workers at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Ogun State, have commenced a 72-hour warning strike following the alleged stabbing of a Medical Laboratory Scientist, Mr. Lawal Toheeb Olasunkanmi, by a patient’s relative. The industrial action began at 11am on Monday, October 12, 2026, and is expected to end by 8am on Thursday, October…

Medicine and surgery are not the answer for overweight children, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Releasing its first guidelines addressing the sharp rise in obesity among children and adolescents, the WHO instead strongly recommended structured diets, physical activity and behaviour changes. “WHO does not recommend pharmacological treatment, bariatric surgery (surgery that changes the stomach…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has called on international partners to support Nigeria’s drive to restart local vaccine manufacturing. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made the call at the 8th Nigeria Pharma Manufacturers’ Expo held in Lagos, organised by the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Group of the Manufacturers Association…

Global life expectancy is close to the levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, but the outlook for years lived in good health is recovering more slowly, the WHO said Friday. Life expectancy reached 73.3 years in 2023 — close to the 73.4 years recorded in 2019 before the pandemic struck, the World Health Organization said…

Authorities in India’s Tamil Nadu state gave babies born in government-run hospitals a free gold ring on Monday, an initiative aimed at boosting confidence in the public healthcare system. Under the scheme launched by actor-turned-Chief Minister Vijay, all babies born in public health facilities in the state are eligible for a one-gram gold ring, worth…

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says it has contained the cholera outbreak at the Kurmawa Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kano State. In a statement on Saturday by its spokesperson, CSC Jane Osuji, the Service said the outbreak was confirmed on September 23, 2026, through laboratory tests conducted by its medical team in collaboration with…

Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State has commenced an emergency vaccination exercise following the detection of poliovirus in a child in Challawa Ward. The Vice Chairman of the council, Sulaiman Dauda Basarake, who led a stakeholders’ meeting on the outbreak, said the council would work with health officials to ensure that all eligible children…

Kebbi State is set to benefit from a major free medical intervention as over 25 doctors from Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations arrive in the state. The exercise is expected to provide treatment to no fewer than 3,000 residents over eight days. The Special Adviser to Governor Nasir Idris on Religious Affairs, Engr. Imrana…