Nigeria

Cholera killed more than 3,000 in 2026: WHO

While data for the first nine months of 2026 show a decline in deaths, more than 3,000 people have still died from the preventable and treatable diarrheal infection.

Violence in northern Nigeria drives tens of thousands into Niger

FILE PHOTO: Police officers stand at the entrance of the divisional headquarters following an attack in Kebbe, Nigeria, August 17, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Gunmen kill 11 relatives of security volunteer in north-west Nigeria, abduct 13

Nigeria rules out ceasefire with Islamists, vows sustained military offensive

FILE PHOTO: Security guards stand in front of a newly build two bedroom unit during the community re-opening ceremony, which was destroyed by Boko Haram armed militants in 2015, in Ngarannam, Borno State, Nigeria, October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre/File Photo

Nigeria state police bill clears constitutional hurdle after 28 states approve

Attackers ambush police in Nigeria's Zamfara, killing at least eight, officials say

Nigeria reports two suspected Ebola cases in northeast region

Officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) prepare an ambulance for deployment for a suspected Ebola case, outside the agency's headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, October 25, 2026. REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun

Nigerian families and survivors seek justice over miners' deaths

Dantala Tanko stands beside the grave of his son Suleiman, a detained miner and a key source of support for the family who died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Gunu, Niger State, Nigeria, October 28, 2026. REUTERS/Ibrahim Ndamitso

Nigeria panel says 37 detained miners died from overcrowding and neglect

Adamu Isah, 22, a survivor, walks near an illegal mining site close to the M.I. Wushishi Housing Estate in Niger State, Nigeria, September 19, 2026. Isah said he was detained alongside miners following a raid by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, after reports that 37 detained miners died in custody. REUTERS/Ibrahim Ndamitso

Nigeria’s Ebola patient on medical evacuation flight to Switzerland, condition stable

The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in Congo has now caused more than 4,600 deaths there, and has spread to three other countries in Africa – Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda.

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