Development

Africa faces sanitation crisis as 780 million go without basic services

Nearly 780 million people in Africa still lack basic sanitation services, the African Ministers’...

Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Imo top states with most miserable health budgets

Akwa Ibom and Imo have the lowest budget allocations for health in Nigeria, according...

Nigeria fails health readiness test for second year as no state scores 30%

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the weaknesses in Nigeria’s healthcare system, the...

Nigeria announces major changes to university entry rules

The Federal Government has announced a sweeping overhaul of entry requirements for Nigerian tertiary...

Nigeria targets 106m children in major measles, polio vaccination drive

Nigeria has launched a large-scale integrated vaccination campaign targeting over 106 million children against...

Nigeria–U.S. military programme screens 1.6m Nigerians, detects 110,000 HIV cases

A two-decade partnership between Nigeria’s Ministry of Defence Health Implementation Programme (NMODHIP) and the...

WASSCE 2025: Nigeria’s worst performance in a decade (How to check your results)

The performance of Nigerian students in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination...

How one group fights worsening child malnutrition in Nigeria

At the inpatient therapeutic feeding centre in Maiyama General Hospital in Kebbi state, Nigeria,...

Tinubu govt approves N45,000 monthly for students to revive Technical Colleges

In a bid to reinvigorate technical and vocational education, the Nigerian government has introduced...

UTME 2025: JAMB exams performance drops as 78% score below 200

Performance in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has declined compared to last...

Nigeria health sector on edge as over 16,000 doctors quit

Nigeria is facing a deepening health emergency as more than 16,000 doctors have left...

Trump administration pushes Africa to pay for U.S. health support

The United States is shifting its stance on global health assistance, urging African nations...

U.S. halting funding for GAVI, key vaccine supplier for Nigeria

The United States has decided to end its financial support for Gavi, the global...

Nigeria running out of HIV drugs – WHO

Nigeria and several other countries are running out of life-saving HIV drugs in the...

How we helped Nigeria recruit 774 health fellows: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has detailed its role in assisting Nigeria to recruit...

Akwa Ibom to assign traditional birth attendants to health centres

The Akwa Ibom state government has announced plans to train, supervise, and certify traditional...

USAID Africa bureau shrinks to 12 as US axes 10,000+ jobs globally

The U.S. government plans to drastically reduce the workforce of the United States Agency...

New hope for HIV treatment as world records eighth ‘cure’

A French woman in her mid-fifties appears to have been cured of HIV, marking...

Relief for Nigeria, other African nations as U.S. eases HIV funding freeze

Nigerians and other Africans could heave a sigh of relief as the United States...

Trump’s aid freeze cuts HIV/AIDS funding for Nigeria

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pause nearly all foreign aid funding has disrupted...