The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reaffirmed that vaccines do not cause autism, releasing new analysis that strengthens decades of scientific evidence while celebrating the transformative impact of global childhood immunisation. In its latest review, the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) concluded that no causal link exists between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), dispelling a persistent myth that has fuelled vaccine hesitancy around the world. The findings,…

Lagos State has intensified efforts to curb rising drug experimentation among teenagers, launching a comprehensive sensitisation campaign for secondary school students and youths in Agege, following a recent study showing that 13.6% of students have tried drugs while 6.9% are active users. The two-day programme, organised by the Lagos State Interministerial Drug Abuse Control Committee (LSIDACC) in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), was held recently at…

Lagos State has announced firm measures to ensure that perpetrators of technology-facilitated sexual and gender-based violence face justice, unveiling a new policy framework designed to curb the growing wave of online abuse. The Lagos State Policy Framework on Technology-Facilitated Sexual and Gender-Based Violence was introduced on Wednesday at the Lagos Marriott Hotel, bringing together senior government officials, judicial officers, law enforcement authorities, technology regulators, civil society groups and youth organisations.…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to ensuring good healthcare facilities for the people of the state, particularly mothers and children. The governor’s affirmation was yesterday, during a meeting with the Country Director of UNICEF, Wafaa Abdelatef, and her management team in Port Harcourt. READ ALSO: Fubara, Tinubu meet behind closed doors amid rising political tension in Rivers Fubara, represented by the Secretary to the State Government,…

The Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, (ABUAD) Aare Afe Babalola, has appealed to wealthy Nigerians to channel more of their resources into strengthening the country’s education and health sectors, saying such investments are vital to national growth and the wellbeing of citizens. Babalola, who made the call while hosting a nine-member delegation of the Nigerian Medical Association led by the NMA First Vice President, Dr Benjamin Olowojebutu, said…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sounded a fresh warning to consumers following the widespread circulation of substandard and unregistered edible oils across the country. The agency, in a notice published on its X handle on Tuesday, said several brands of cooking oil currently being sold in major markets have neither undergone regulatory scrutiny nor met minimum safety requirements. It identified the products as…

Mali has reported its first confirmed case of mpox, with health authorities attributing the infection to a recent traveller from neighbouring Guinea. The World Health Organization (WHO), in its latest multi-country mpox situation update on Monday, said genomic sequencing is under way to determine the clade responsible for the infection. According to WHO, mpox is an illness that is cause by monkeypox and transmitted through people. The case marks Mali’s…

WHO said the hospital was struck no fewer than three times, while paramedics and volunteers attempting to evacuate the injured from the kindergarten came under fire.

In a sweeping series of intelligence-driven operations, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disrupted major drug trafficking networks across the country. This development led to the arrest of several suspects and seizure of millions of opioid pills and tonnes of cannabis from syndicates operating in multiple states. The operations, conducted between 1 and 6 December, led to the recovery of more than 7.6 million tramadol pills and 76,273.4…

The Edo State Government has announced a renewed drive to improve environmental hygiene and curb pollution as it begins full implementation of its recently enacted Sanitation and Pollution Management Law. During a stakeholders’ engagement in Benin City on Sunday, the Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Nosa Adams, said the law would serve as a framework for restoring degraded areas, strengthening sanitation systems, and promoting responsible waste disposal across the state.…

The discovery of decomposed and mutilated corpses in a private mortuary at Umuhu Autonomous Community, Ngor-Okpala, has triggered widespread fears of illegal organ-harvesting activities. This development prompted the Imo State Government to seal the facility and an adjoining hotel allegedly linked to the prime suspect. The operation, carried out on Saturday, formed part of an intensified crackdown on kidnapping and violent crimes along the Owerri–Aba Expressway. It was led by…

The Delta State Police Command has intensified its crackdown on violent crime and illicit drug activities, recording major breakthroughs with the recovery of firearms in Abraka and the arraignment of eighteen suspects linked to drug-related offences across the State. The documents shared on Saturday, noted thag, the operatives of the CP-Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT), led by ASP Julius Robinson, on 6 December 2025 carried out an intelligence-led operation at No.…