The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concerns over the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), warning that the virus is spreading quickly despite intensified containment efforts. Speaking from Bunia, the capital of the conflict-ridden Ituri Province, WHO Regional Emergencies Director for Africa, Marie-Roseline Belizaire, said health officials are facing…
Four people, including a medical doctor, a traditional birth attendant, and the parents of a newborn baby, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command over the alleged sale of an infant for N2.5 million. Police sources said the 28-year-old mother and her boyfriend had reportedly decided before the child’s birth that they…
The Kano State Hisbah Board has announced that it will begin medical screening for 3,000 prospective couples ahead of its planned mass wedding programme. Speaking on Sunday, the board’s Deputy Commander General, Sheikh Mujahedeen Aminudeen, said the exercise is scheduled to commence on Monday across 24 local government areas of the state. According to Aminudeen,…
A Federal High Court in Calabar has sentenced a drug seller, Isidora Ezea, and three others to eight and a half years imprisonment each for operating unregistered pharmacy premises and illegally dispensing medicines. The defendants were convicted in suit No. FHC/CA/76C/2025, instituted by the Federal Republic of Nigeria over violations of pharmacy regulations. Delivering judgment…
Nigeria has recorded 204 deaths from Lassa fever in 2026, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) warning that delayed hospital visits, poor health-seeking behaviour and increasing infections among healthcare workers are complicating efforts to contain the outbreak. The agency disclosed this in its Epidemiological Week 19 report, which showed…
Uganda has temporarily closed its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a bid to curb the spread of the ongoing Ebola outbreak, the country’s health ministry announced on Wednesday, May 27. The decision follows the confirmation of seven cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola since the outbreak was first detected in…
Two people in Milan, northern Italy, are suspected of having contracted Ebola, according to a Monday report by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. The pair — a man and a woman from Como — had recently returned from Uganda, where they reportedly spent three months working as aid workers. According to the report,…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded the public health risk level of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from “high” to “very high” at the national level, as the virus continues to spread quickly in parts of the country. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the change on Friday,…
Record numbers of gonorrhoea and syphilis infections have been reported across Europe, prompting health officials to warn about growing public health risks linked to sexually transmitted infections. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control revealed that gonorrhoea cases climbed to 106,331, representing a 33 per cent rise since 2015 and the highest level recorded…
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the public health risk from the hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius remains very low despite several infections and deaths associated with the vessel. Speaking at a press briefing in Geneva on Friday, May 8, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier explained that the virus spreads only through…
