Nigerian health officials are working to contain a resurgence of Lassa fever, a highly infectious disease that has killed at least eight people in...

Nigeria’s state governments have been urged not to extend the death penalty to include crimes such as kidnapping. Nigeria currently operates a...

Shop owners in Nigeria’s northern Kano state told IRIN a government plan to wipe out illegal businesses has thousands of small business owners...

Electronics companies must take responsibility for recycling their products Electronic waste intended for recycling is being illegally exported...

Health specialists are increasingly optimistic that growing acceptance of the polio vaccine in northern Nigeria offers hope that an upcoming...

Health authorities in Nigeria announced on 4 February that 84 children have died and a further 27 have fallen ill since November as a result of...

Nigerian health authorities have placed northern states on high alert following a meningitis outbreak in neighbouring Niger, which according to the...

Nigerian medical authorities are flying in 100 doses of an antidote to try and stem the deaths of babies poisoned by a contaminated teething...

Recent police raids have revealed an alleged network of clinics, dubbed baby "farms" or "factories" in the local press, that was breeding babies for...

Crude oil smuggling continues unabated in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, spurred by chronic under-development, a disaffected youth, and...