Run-up to COP27: Nigerians count losses as recurring floods ravage country

Annual floods adversely impact Nigerian farmers and will likely hamper the country’s food security in the next 3 months

Water, Africa’s Gold: Pan-continental shortage forces Africans to spend more on water than food

Women and children in Africa spend 4.5 million years collecting water every year: A pan-continental shortage has made hunt for water a daily …

Water, Africa’s Gold: How poverty exacerbated Nigeria’s acute water crisis

Lack of clear government funding led to avoidable deaths from water-borne diseases like cholera

‘Lack of adherence to Covid-19 protocol led to spike in Nigeria but cases declining’

Chikwe Ihekweazu, director of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, on the country's efforts to curb the pandemic and access vaccines

‘Second wave more severe in Nigeria; third wave imminent if COVID-19 rules not followed’

Pandemic badly affected basic healthcare delivery; poorly analysed data obstructs clarity on extent of situation, says virologist Oyewole Tomori

Beginning of the third wave: How Nigeria is bracing for COVID-19 pandemic

From cash transfers for the vulnerable to new test kits, Nigeria has announced a slew of measures 

Low public funding in health exacerbates poverty, says Nigerian health minister

Nigeria's Minister of Health Isaac Adewole talks to Bennett Oghifo about the country's commitment to provide universal health coverage by 2030

How West African countries are coping in absence of strong healthcare system

In countries like Liberia and Nigeria, declining budgetary share in health services continues to undermine public well-being