War is lead cause behind huge drop in global vaccinations, UN warns
Vaccine misinformation has added to crisis of collapsed healthcare and poor nutrition, Unicef and WHO report Conflicts have hampered efforts to vaccinate children across the...
Category : Nigeria
Twelve reported dead after school in Nigeria collapses during classes
About 120 students and teachers trapped but authorities yet to confirm number of students and teachers killed A two-storey school in north-central Nigeria collapsed during...
Ecowas warns of ‘disintegration’ as juntas split from west African bloc
Breakaway union by military rulers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger exposes growing fissures within the region The Ecowas grouping of west African countries has...
Child malnutrition crisis in Nigeria amid rural violence and soaring food inflation
MSF says it is overwhelmed in country where 31.8 million people are suffering from hunger An unprecedented number of children in northern Nigeria are suffering...
At least 18 people killed in series of suicide attacks in Nigeria
Authorities say 19 more were seriously injured in blasts at wedding, hospital and funeral in country’s north-east At least 18 people have been killed and...
African and Asian artists condemn ‘humiliating’ UK and EU visa refusals
‘Unfair’ rejection rates of up to 70% harm cultural diversity and create a ‘global apartheid’, say promoters and musicians Musicians, authors, producers and festival managers...
Nigerian unions shut down national grid and airports as indefinite strike begins
Electricity substations shut down, flights suspended and parliament gates blocked in protest over minimum wage Nigeria’s main labour unions have shut down the national grid,...
Nigeria takes up case of its Teesside University students ordered out of UK
High Commission to meet leaders at university after currency crash in home country meant students couldn’t pay for tuition Delegates from the Nigerian high commission...
Nigeria to host first Lassa fever treatment trials for 40 years
The viral disease kills 5,000 people a year in west Africa, and has been described as an epidemic threat to global health Clinical trials for...
Nigeria’s rushed reversion to old national anthem met with incredulity
Post-colonial anthem dropped in 1978 reinstituted with little debate amid escalating economic crisis Nigeria has reverted to a national anthem it dropped nearly 50 years...
