The Chinese government has launched an access to satellite TV project for 10,000 villages aimed at providing digital TV access to rural communities across Africa.About 1,000 villages in Nigeria will benefit
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for more commitment from the international community on redirecting water to the Lake Chad.He warned that the about 40 million population in the region will pose adverse
•Unveils disbursement of N55b healthcare fund •Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports healthcare fund with $ 1.5m President Muhammadu Buhari has launched second National Strategic Health Development
After 38 years, Nigeria’s parliament has finally approved $1bn to revive one of Africa's biggest steel plants. The approval came after an exclusive Al Jazeera report on how corruption was blocking the
The study attempts to provide insights into the relationships among child nutritional status, welfare and health among households and how these have evolved in Nigeria using the 2003, 2008, and 2013 children
Nigeria has recoded over 1,640 suspected cases of Yellow fever with 41 confirmed cases according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Reference Laboratory in Dakar, Senegal, National Primary
Under the headline “Nigeria highest producer of HIV-infected babies”, the Sun newspaper reported on a new project to prevent the virus from being passed from HIV-positive mothers to their babies. At
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed the outbreak of Yellow Fever in Edo State. The health agency in charge of disease control in Nigeria in a press release made available to PREMIUM TIMES
Open defecation, for example, is dangerous for several reasons. One is that woods and fields can be unsafe, especially in the dark and especially for women and children, because of everything from crime
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), yesterday, confirmed that no fewer than 143 persons died of Lassa fever disease within the last 11 months in 22 states. The communications assistant, NCDC,
