Development

Health

Medical costs push 150 million people into poverty in Africa every year

Eric Ojo -
Out-of-pocket medical costs push 150 million people into poverty every year in Africa, the...
Education

WAEC crisis deepens as official exposes technical glitches in 2026 WASSCE results

Plu Team -
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has been plunged into a fresh credibility crisis...
Health

Malaria kills German airport worker after suspected mosquito import

Plu Team -
A worker at Frankfurt Airport has died of malaria after contracting the disease in...
Health

NAFDAC orders nationwide recall, destruction of banned sachet alcohol

Plu Team -
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ordered manufacturers...
Education

Nigerian govt suspends planned WAEC and NECO exam fee hike

Plu Team -
The federal government has suspended its controversial proposal to increase and harmonise the registration...
Climate

600 million Africans trapped in multidimensional poverty, UN warns

Eric Ojo -
Nearly 600 million Africans remain trapped in multidimensional poverty while more than 582 million...
Development

Nigeria to scrap JSS and SSS separation policy as 20 million pupils drop out

Plu Team -
The federal government is to phase out the long-standing policy that structurally separates Junior...
Health

Borno cholera outbreak: Death toll climbs to 90 as UN warns resources are falling short

Plu Team -
The cholera outbreak tearing through northeastern Nigeria has grown deadlier and broader with each...
Health

Hormuz crisis compounds Nigeria nutrition emergency as hungry season arrives early

Plu Team -
Nigeria is facing a worsening nutrition emergency as an unusually early lean season and...
Health

Suspected Ebola cases rise to 900 as Nigeria moves to seal borders

Plu Team -
The World Health Organization (WHO) says more than 900 suspected Ebola cases and over...
Education

JAMB gets new registrar

Plu Team -
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Segun Aina, a professor of computer engineering scholar at...
Health

Nigeria tightens border controls over Ebola outbreak

Plu Team -
In response to a rapidly escalating Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, the Nigerian government...
Health

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency

Jane Kalu -
The World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak spreading through the Democratic Republic of...
Education

JAMB announces 2026 admission cut-off mark

Plu Team -
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced 150 as the minimum cut-off...
Health

Fake Augmentin circulates in Nigeria after GSK exit

Jane Kalu -
Nigeria’s drug regulator has warned of counterfeit versions of one of the country’s most...
Health

Viewpoint: TB risk should not depend on where we are born, by Alemnew Dagnew 

Plu Team -
By Alemnew Dagnew In many high-income countries, even a small number of tuberculosis (TB) diagnoses...
Health

New Nigerian study finds single iron drip beats pills for new mothers

Jane Kalu -
A major Nigerian-led study has found that a single iron infusion given after childbirth...
Health

NAFDAC bans popular malaria suspensions over safety concerns

Plu Team -
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ordered the...
Health

African leaders seek “new era” of malaria funding after U.S. aid cut

Plu Team -
African heads of state have called for a reset in malaria financing, warning that...
Health

₦20m for Research, ₦100m for a Snake Hospital: Inside Nigeria’s snakebite budget

Olawale Afolabi -
The tragic death of Ifunanya Nwangene, a 26-year-old singer who rose to national attention...
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