Author: Helen Okechukwu

A woman identified as Mrs Afornughe has been brutally lynched and set ablaze in Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, after she was wrongly accused of attempting to abduct a child. The victim, a watermelon seller known in the community, was alleged to have hidden a young boy in a sack on Wednesday, sparking outrage among residents who swiftly descended on her in a mob attack. Eyewitnesses said after asking to spare her life, the mob, acting on suspicion, refused to free her but went ahead to beat and burn her to death. Read Also: Police arrest two…

Pharmacists in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have renewed calls for greater recognition in Nigeria’s healthcare system, urging government to designate community pharmacies as Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) while pushing for wider integration of traditional medicine. The call came in Abuja during the 2025 World Pharmacists Day celebration themed “Think Health, Think Pharmacists”, as declared by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) according to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Abubakar Danraka, Abuja zonal coordinator of the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists (WAPCP), said pharmacists were leading efforts to standardise indigenous remedies. Read Also: Niger unveils 20 PHCs, pledges 40 more health…

The Yobe State Emergency Management Agency has partnered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to strengthen the capacities of local actors in addressing malnutrition among children and tackling other emergency situations. Speaking at a Dialogue Session with Local Actors in Northeast Nigeria on Thursday in Damaturu, Josephine Nneka, an emergency specialist at UNICEF’s Maiduguri office, said the initiative was designed to enhance access to children in hard-to-reach areas. “Due to security and other challenges, UNICEF and other development partners cannot be everywhere. But with local actors, we can be able to reach any child wherever he or she is.…

The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) says it has trained 2,400 community volunteers across Nigeria as part of efforts to build long-term resilience against cholera and other recurring outbreaks. Muhammad Saleh, a senior emergency management specialist at the U.S. CDC, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, noting that the initiative was the result of a strong partnership between Nigeria and the centre. According to him, the joint effort focuses on strengthening surveillance, laboratory capacity, and community-level interventions to contain epidemics that have continued to affect parts of the country. “Cholera has been a persistent challenge…

The NDLEA boss, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, disclosed this in a  message delivered at the National Summit of the Special Marshals of the FRSC on Wednesday in Abuja

The chief of UNICEF’s Lagos field office, Celine Lafoucriere, declared that “female genital mutilation is never a choice but a violation inflicted on women and girls.”

The Senator representing Delta North, Ned Nwoko, has called on the Senate Committee on Health to intensify oversight on the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), particularly the five per cent allocation earmarked for emergency medical treatment under the National Health Act 2014.

The amendments introduced a new category known as a “pandemic emergency,” designed to trigger faster global cooperation whenever an outbreak escalates beyond a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

Katsina State will embark on a mass immunisation campaign targeting more than seven million children against polio and measles-rubella between October 4 and 13. The initiative, announced by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief Kano Field Officer, Rahama Muhammed, comes as the state records only two cases of circulating variant polio virus in 2025, a significant drop from 17 cases across eight local government areas in 2024. Speaking at a media dialogue and mobilisation meeting ahead of the campaign, Muhammed described the progress as remarkable. He disclosed that over 3.6 million doses of the novel oral polio vaccine (NOPV2) have…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has pledged to scale up its support for Kebbi State following the government’s approval of ₦761 million as counterpart funding to strengthen child nutrition and other social services. UNICEF’s representative in Nigeria, Wafaa Saeed-Abdelatef on Tuesday, who led a delegation on a courtesy visit to Deputy Governor Abubakar Umar-Tafida in Birnin Kebbi, said the state’s action would unlock matching resources under the agency’s Child Nutrition Fund. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said the initiative doubles state contributions, ensuring wider access to nutrition supplies and other interventions for vulnerable children. Read Also: Katsina govt inaugurates…