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ibitoru Hailsham
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Her First Period: What Nigerian Girls Need to Know, and What Parents Should Say
A new comic from AHF Nigeria is trying to end menstrual stigma, and the simplest fix starts at home with…
Health A–ZWorld Diabetes Day: How to Read Your Blood Sugar Result
You did a sugar test and got a number on a slip of paper. Here is how to make sense…
Malaria and Typhoid No Be One Sickness: Why You No Suppose Dey Buy Antibiotics Anyhow
Before you buy drug for "malaria and typhoid", ask for proper test first.
The influencer pharmacy: why miracle herbal cures on your feed can hurt you
One bottle that fixes diabetes, fibroids and failing eyes? Before you click buy, here is what Nigerian doctors and pharmacists…
10,000 diphtheria cases in one year: why a vaccine-preventable disease keeps spreading
Kano, Borno and Bauchi carry the heaviest load as diphtheria deaths continue across the North. The answer starts with children…
Cholera: 65,000 suspected cases this year, and it’s not over
Nigeria's 2026 cholera outbreak is one of its biggest in years. A quick guide to spotting it and starting treatment…
New Ebola Travel Rules From the US and Saudi Arabia: What Nigerian Travelers Need to Know
Two major travel destinations have tightened their Ebola rules this week. Here's who is affected and what Nigerians should do…
Africa Is Growing More Tobacco Than Ever. It’s Also Paying Twice as Much for Cigarettes From Abroad.
WHO analysis shows Africa's tobacco-leaf production rose almost 9% between 2012 and 2024 even as global production fell 19%. Meanwhile…
Over 100 Dead in a Gold Mine Collapse on the CAR-Cameroon Border. It’s Already Happened Twice This Year.
A landslide at an artisanal gold mining site in Zamboï, western Central African Republic, killed more than 107 people on…
Fake P2: Why Nigeria and Kenya Are Fighting the Same Battle a Year Apart
Nigeria’s NAFDAC and Kenya’s Pharmacy and Poisons Board have each confirmed fake batches of the emergency contraceptive Postinor-2 within roughly…