The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a total of 747 confirmed cases of Lassa fever across 18 states in the country, with 142 deaths recorded as of epidemiological week 22, 2025. The Case Fatality Rate (CFR) stands at 19.0%, slightly higher than the same period in 2024, reports Nigerian Tribune. […]
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has confirmed that the state has recorded 23 deaths and 48 confirmed cases of Lassa fever between January and December 2024. Nwifuru reported that 25 individuals infected with Lassa fever were treated and discharged, expressing grief over those who lost their lives and commending Doctors Without Borders...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed that it has recorded no fewer than 174 Lassa fever deaths, 1,035 confirmed cases and 8,569 suspected cases as of October 2024 across 28 states in 114 local government areas. The Director General of NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, while disclosing this today said the […]
•Wike and Fubara The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, yesterday set up a three-member special panel to hear all appeals relating to the political disputes in Rivers State, including the one between Governor Simianalayi Fubara and the House of Assembly. The panel, chaired by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, has scheduled...
Several years after, reports into investigations into unresolved high-profile murders in Nigeria, are still being awaited. Experts say that some of the cases may have died just like the victims, with no closure, reports Daily Trust. The unresolved high-profile murder cases in Nigeria, include Dele Giwa, James Balgauda Kalto, Olaitan Oyerinde, ...
A total of 146 cases of cholera with seven deaths have been recorded in Delta state even though the majority of the victims were young children. Of the figure, 138 cases were recorded in Warri south west, one in Oshimili south and seven cases in Bomadi council areas in three outbreaks which occurred in February, […]
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Jide Idris, has said a total of 2,102 suspected cholera cases and 63 deaths have been recorded across 33 states and 122 local government areas in the country. Idris stated this in Abuja, yesterday while giving an update on the campaign against the […]
The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Board has disclosed that 50 suspected cholera cases from three local government areas of the state since January were recorded. The disclosure was made by the Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed while fielding questions from journalists shortly after ...
Kogi seems to be among the six states in Nigeria that have mild cases of cholera, recording only two confirmed cases. The State Commissioner for Health, Mr Abdullazeez Adam, told our correspondent in Lokoja that cases were confirmed with one victim treated and discharged, reports NAN. “The other victim is doing well on treatment,” he […...
The Incidence Manager and Director of Epidemiology at the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Kabir Suleiman at a press conference held yesterday, revealed that the state has recorded 118 suspected cases of Cholera. He also said it is fully prepared to prevent its spread and other vaccine-preventable outbreaks in the state. Accordi...
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