Outbreak

The Kano State Ministry of Health has denied a media report that there was a measles outbreak in Kano Municipal LGA. SOLACEBASE on Sunday reported that authorities at the Kano Municipal Local Government Council of Kano State had…
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A local government in Kano State, Kano Municipal has confirmed an outbreak of measles in some parts of the local council area. Kano Municipal Primary Health Care Coordinator, Alhaji Aliyu Jinjiri Kiru, announced this at a meeting of the…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed the outbreak of dengue fever in Sokoto State on Saturday. The NCDC, in a statement posted on its website, said the outbreak was detected in November 2023. The…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared an outbreak of diphtheria on 20 January 2023, the worst in a decade. The outbreak was first notified in Kano and Lagos states on 1 December 2022. In this report, Arinze Chijioke…
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A cholera outbreak in Jigawa has killed at least 30 people with more than 2,000 hospitalised in the past two months in the state. Dr Salisu Mu’azu, Permanent Secretary, Jigawa State Ministry of Health, who confirmed the outbreak, said…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak cases in Nigeria have increased to 30, just as it confirmed three new cases in Lagos State. The Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe…
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Fire has destroyed an office at the Federal College of Education Kano on Sunday night. Solacebase learnt. According to an eyewitness, the fire incident started around 9.30 pm and was attributed to a power surge. Solacebase gathered that…
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The Federal Government on Wednesday said it had decided to attach the 104 unity schools in the country to government hospitals that are close to them. The government said where government hospitals are not very close, it would attach the…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it had relocated its Data Centre to the commission’s headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, following Monday’s fire at its Wuse office. Also relocated to Jabi, according to acting Head,…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday raised an alarm over the increased cases of cholera outbreak in some parts of the country.  Cholera Technical Working Group, NCDC Dr Adesola Ogunleye said this at the Water…
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