Borno State Government, has debunked report that 450 children died at 28 designated Internally Displaced Persons, IDP camps in the state due to malnutrition in 2015. Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Sule Mele, was reportedly quoted as saying “450 children died from malnutrition in 28 IDP camps in the state in 2015”. But Commissioner of Health, …

No fewer than 20 children have been killed by measles outbreak in 18 Local Government areas of Sokoto State in the last 23 days, a health official has revealed. Dr. Sani Labaran, Executive Secretary, Sokoto State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, disclosed this in an interview in Sokoto, yesterday, describing the situation as an epidemic. He said …

The Lagos State Government has confirmed the outbreak of a strange disease in Otodo-Gbame Community in Ikate, Lekki, alleged to have killed 25 children saying it has despatched a team of medical experts to unravel the mysterious disease. Confirming this, the the spokesman for the State Ministry of Health, Mrs Adeola Salako, however said no further death …

Double tragedy struck in the early hours of Friday last week when an 80-year-old man, Pa Sylvanus Nwefuru lost his wife and seven children in an early morning mysterious fire at Ohufu village, Ogboji community in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.  On the same day, 16 shops were completely razed by fire, this time  in Abakaliki, the state …