The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
Highlighting outstanding careers in the Health sector in Nigeria.
The Federal Government says there is no evidence so far that Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola case has spread into the community, as health authorities quarantine high risk contacts and tighten surveillance at airports and hospitals. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, told a briefing in Abuja that the patient, a woman…
Ninety one health workers were abducted and 15 others killed across 101 separate incidents of violence against healthcare in Nigeria between 2023 and 2025, according to conflict monitoring data compiled by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, laying bare the scale at which the country’s already fragile medical workforce is being drawn into…
A senior medical doctor with the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria has died of Lassa fever in Benue State, forcing health authorities to restart a fresh round of disease surveillance just as the state prepared to declare itself free of the viral haemorrhagic illness. The state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Paul…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing the prospect of being shut out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup if its national team fails to comply with a strict 21 day isolation directive issued by United States health and tournament authorities ahead of the squad’s scheduled June 11 arrival in Houston, Texas. The…
United Nations agencies have mounted an urgent emergency response to a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, mobilising medical supplies, logistics support, and personnel across multiple affected provinces as the death toll climbs and the virus threatens to breach more urban centres. UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric disclosed the scale…
Global health experts have issued a stark warning that the world is now more exposed to a catastrophic pandemic than at any point in recent history, nearly a decade after Ebola and six years after COVID-19 devastated economies and overwhelmed health systems worldwide. The alarm is contained in a new report by the Global…
At least 80 persons have died from a fresh Ebola outbreak spreading across three health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including Bunia, Rwampara and Mongbwalu, according to data released by the World Health Organisation on Sunday. The outbreak, designated the 17th in Congo since the virus was first identified there in 1976,…
An American citizen evacuated from a hantavirus-affected cruise ship in the Canary Islands has tested mildly positive for the virus, United States health authorities announced on Sunday. The US Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that “one passenger currently has mild symptoms and another passenger tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus.”…
Alarm is growing over the welfare of 62 Nigerian missionaries held in a detention facility in Uganda’s Adjumani District, as illness spreads among detainees and concerns mount over the conditions in which they are being kept. The Nigerians, identified as members of a Christian missionary group called Life Mission, were arrested by Ugandan immigration…
Nigerians consume nearly double the recommended daily salt intake, a dietary pattern health authorities say is driving a surge in non-communicable diseases and straining the nation’s healthcare system. The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Mojisola Adeyeye, issued a stark warning on Tuesday, linking excessive sodium consumption to…