Ada Chukwudi has lived with HIV for 10 years. In this interview, she gave insights into her journey, reports Daily Trust. Excerpts: Tell us a bit about your journey since you were diagnosed with HIV. I was diagnosed with HIV in 2015. At the time, I was 50, and like many people of my generation, I […]
The Lagos State Government has revealed that an estimated 160,000 residents are currently living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency made this known during its World AIDS Day 2025 press briefing held yesterday. Presenting the state’s progress report before journalists at Alausa, Ikeja, the Chief Executive...
•Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer sits with Beverley Knight (L) and Richard Angell, from the Terrence Higgins Trust, as he takes a HIV test Keir Starmer has urged other world leaders to take an HIV test, after becoming the first serving British prime minister and G7 leader to take a public test on camera. His […]
The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Temitope Ilori, has revealed that 26,000 children were infected with HIV/AIDS in 2023, with 15,000 children aged 0–14 succumbing to HIV-related illnesses. She emphasised the urgent need for coordinated efforts to combat the disease, reports Vanguard. Dr. Ilori made...
A forty-nine year old woman of Lusaka, Zambia is up in arms against her husband for denying her the chance to utilise her barbing skills in his groin area. A woman of Kabanana Compund, Zambia, Luty Nowa Mwape has cried before the Lusaka Boma Local Court that from day one of their marriage in 2019, […]
•Mohammed Muazu The Gombe State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has raised the alarm over proliferation of ladies allegedly infected with HIV/AIDS roaming the streets of Gombe, the capital city, with the sole aim of infecting unsuspecting men. The Command warned men who patronise cheap ladies and young girls to ...
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) says that Nigeria recorded a total of 77,000 new HIV infections and 43,000 AIDS-related deaths in 2022. The National Programme officer of the organization, Doris Ogbang made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja during the commemoration of World AIDS Day (WAD), by the UN system in Nigeria, re...
Kano State Government said as Nigeria records over two million in Nigeria living with HIV, Kano State has 46,732 persons currently receiving treatment. The Commissioner of Health, Dr Labaran Yusuf made this known while briefing journalists on the commemorations of the World AIDS Day with the theme: “Let communities lead” in collaboration with ...
The Village Head of Dan Gulam in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Umar Ibrahim, has been accused of raping and impregnating one Hanatu Yahaya (not her real name), infecting her with HIV in the process. This was contained in a letter (dated October 16, 2023) to the Secretary of Dutse Emirate Council, Dutse […]
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