Funded by the Gates Foundation, it was carried out by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) ...

Sanda was sentenced to death for killing her husband but received a pardon from President Bola Tinubu. Nigeria's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence, Nigerian media have reported.Nigeria' s ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 98, the country’s emergency response agency said Monday. The blast happened in the early ...

Nigeria recorded the highest number of malaria cases and deaths globally, with an estimated 68,466,000 cases, according to the 2025 World Malaria Report.The report obtained from the World Health ...

The National President of the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), Comrade Igboayaka O Igboayaka, has described the “indivisible and ...

A man rides a motorcycle taxi past Christmas decorations on a street in Lago, Nigeria, on Dec. 20, 2024. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – At least 67 people died in separate ...

Abuja, Nigeria — A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed at least 52 people, the country's emergency response agency said. The fuel ...

Jos, Nigeria — At least 22 students were killed on Friday when a school in central Nigeria collapsed on pupils taking exams, the Associated Press reported. Trapped students were heard crying for help ...

With a critical shortage of specialist doctors in obstetric care, hundreds of women walk into hospitals pregnant and never walk out. Long queues, cancelled appointments, and empty consulting rooms are ...

A Christmas fun fair in Nigeria that was organised for children turned tragic after a stampede led to at least 35 deaths, the police said. Six others are critically injured, according to the police.

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 10 protesters in Nigeria faced a possible death penalty on Monday after being charged with treason over their participation in recent demonstrations against the country’s ...

Abuja — The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said that Nigeria has recorded a total 184 casualties from Lassa Fever this year. It also put the Cumulative number of confirmed ...