Tag: meningitis
How Facebook, NCDC and ActionSprout collaborated in the fight against Meningitis
In 2017, Facebook, NCDC and ActionSprout partnered to test how aggregated, de-identified data from Facebook could improve a campaign to ...
The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today
These are the top five stories you should monitor today. Some freed Chibok girls need surgery – FG The Federal ...
Meningitis: Death toll hits 1,069 in 23 states
by Azeez Adeniyi The Federal Government has said 13,420 cerebrospinal meningitis cases and 1,069 deaths have been recorded in 23 ...
Meningitis: Death toll hits 813
by Azeez Adeniyi The Federal Government on Wednesday said 813 people have died as a result of the recent outbreak ...
745 meningitis deaths, $5m lawsuit against Apostle Suleman | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
N200 million – On Thursday, the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) revealed it discovered this ...
The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today
These are the top five stories you should monitor today. Corruption: Beam your lens on serving ministers, key officials in ...
745 persons killed by meningitis in 8,057 cases – FG
The Federal Government on Wednesday said 745 persons have been killed in 8,057 suspected cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis across the ...
Governors Yari and Ambode are tied for the worst governor in Nigeria | The YNaija Effectiveness Ranking
Governor Yari and Governor Ambode are determined to fight this thing to the finish, aren’t they? For whatever reason, Abubakar ...
Meningitis: “Practice what you preach…” | Yari replies Emir Sanusi
by Dolapo Adelana Zamfara Governor Abdulaziz Yari has urged Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II to focus on the betterment of the ...
First case of meningitis recorded in Delta
by Azeez Adeniyi The first case of rampaging Cerebrospinal Meningitis which has killed 438 persons has been recorded in Warri, ...
Peregrino Brimah: Not so fast Emir Sanusi, Governor Yari has a point
by Peregrino Brimah In the news, Kano Emir Sanusi II denounced Zamfara governor’s submission of God’s wrath being behind an outbreak in ...
YNaija Editorial: Does Governor Yari of Zamfara State realize he is being a complete disgrace?
For the past few weeks, a meningitis epidemic has been spreading across Nigeria with quite deadly effects; as at the ...
Vaccination for meningitis is free – FG
The Federal Government on Friday said meningitis vaccines are free, while stating that Nigerians are not supposed to pay for ...
The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversations today
These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. COURT ORDERS EFCC TO UNFREEZE PATIENCE JONATHAN’S $5.9M ACCOUNT A ...
The Dummies Guide to understanding meningitis | Don’t listen to Yari or Makarfi, they don’t know jack
Governor Abubakar Yari of Zamfara State has decided to be as “Nigerian” as it gets by thinking that a simple (ann ...
Meningitis: UNICEF donates 1,000 doses of drugs
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated 1,000 doses of drugs to the Federal Capital Territory Primary Health Care ...
Olusegun Adeniyi: Living with death in Nigeria
by Olusegun Adeniyi My pastor, Evaristus Azodoh is a retired army colonel and a medical doctor; in fact, one of ...
Meningitis: FCT residents accuse health officials of selling vaccines for N500
by Dolapo Adelana Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja have alleged that vaccinators were charging them N500 per ...
The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today
by Dolapo Adelana These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. 1. Secret trial for Nnamdi Kanu dangerous ...
The YNaija Tracklist: Secret trial for Nnamdi Kanu dangerous – IPOB | FG releases N54bn for pension arrears | More stories
by Dolapo Adelana From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Secret trial for Nnamdi Kanu dangerous – IPOB – ...
Meningitis outbreak: What I actually said – Gov. Yari
by Dolapo Adelana Zamfara Governor, Dr. Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, Wednesday, said he never attributed the outbreak of the deadly Cerebral ...
Meningitis: Gov. Yari should blame APC, not God – Makarfi
by Dolapo Adelana The Senator Ahmed Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the ruling All Progressives ...
FG imports 2.8m meningitis vaccines from UK, India
The Federal Government on Wednesday said N2.8m doses of vaccines will soon be delivered to tackle the outbreak of meningitis ...
Meningitis outbreak has no connection with Nigerians’ moral lifestyle – FG
The Federal Government has said the outbreak of “Type C’ form of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in some parts of ...
Meningitis kills 12-year-old boy in Cross River
by Azeez Adeniyi The Cross River State government on Wednesday confirmed the death of a 12-year-old boy following an outbreak ...
“Treat meningitis… It is science not religion” | Sanusi blasts Zamfara Gov., Yari
by Dolapo Adelana The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has blasted Abdulaziz Yari, Governor of Zamfara for his statement ...
“Meningitis is caused by bacteria not sin” | Ben-Bruce replies Gov Yari
by Dolapo Adelana Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has said the root cause of the meningitis outbreak in the country is mismanagement ...
God sent meningitis to punish Nigerians – Zamfara governor
by Azeez Adeniyi Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari on Tuesday said the outbreak of Type C Cerebrospinal Meningitis was God’s way of ...
[The Legislative Blog] The Senate’s meningitis “intervention” is too reactionary for us to be impressed
The outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria became a viral topic last week, a time when the 8th Assembly was too ...
Vaccinations for meningitis should be free in public hospitals, Senate tells health ministry
by Azeez Adeniyi The Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to ...
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