Global Mirror News gathered that the Plateau State Government has ordered the immediate temporary closure of all primary and secondary schools across the state following a diphtheria outbreak that has claimed at least 23 lives, with 148 suspected cases recorded by health authorities. The directive was issued on Saturday, September 5, 2026, by Plateau State…
Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has raised concerns over the use of hazardous chemicals in the production, preservation and ripening of fruits and vegetables in Nigeria, revealing that a laboratory test once found his wife Dolapo Osinbajo’s freshly squeezed orange juice unfit for human consumption. Osinbajo made the disclosure while speaking at the Open Day…
A genetically edited pig kidney has functioned successfully inside a living human patient for 271 days, enabling a 66-year-old American man with end-stage kidney disease to stay off dialysis for about nine months before he eventually received a human donor kidney. The achievement, described by Doctors as the longest recorded dialysis-free survival after a pig-kidney…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has raised the alarm over the continued spread of Lassa fever in the Country, reporting that 252 people have now died from the disease in 2026, while confirmed infections have climbed to 1,035. According to the latest Lassa fever situation report released by the NCDC in…
Plateau State is battling a diphtheria outbreak after 23 people reportedly died, while 143 suspected cases have been recorded across the State within the last two weeks. The Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Nicholas Baamlong, disclosed this while speaking with Journalists in Jos on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Global Mirror News gathered that the State…
A Nigerian medical expert has defended Doctors at the centre of a controversial kidney procedure in Abuja, insisting that the young men involved were voluntary organ donors and were not victims of illegal kidney harvesting or forced organ trafficking. The controversy surrounding the kidney procedures has generated widespread public concern, with questions being raised about…
The Nigeria Police Force has paraded two Medical Doctors and two other suspects over their alleged involvement in an organ-harvesting and human-trafficking syndicate reportedly operating in Nasarawa State and parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Global Mirror News gathered that the four suspects were arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Special Tactical Squad…
Nigeria records an estimated 22,000 new HIV infections among children annually, with about 160,000 children aged zero to 14 years currently living with the virus, a Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Bingham University, Prosper Okonkwo, has disclosed. Okonkwo also revealed that approximately 15,000 AIDS-related deaths among children were recorded within a single year, warning…
Two workers at Frankfurt Airport in Germany have died from malaria following a rare outbreak that has infected six employees at the Country’s busiest Airport, raising concerns that malaria-carrying mosquitoes may have entered Germany aboard an aircraft. The outbreak, first detected in July, has prompted an investigation by German health authorities, who are working to…
A Nigerian Doctor has triggered widespread reactions online after criticising a mother who placed sliced onions on her baby’s feet as a traditional home remedy for cold symptoms. A video showing the mother applying the onions to the baby reportedly circulated on social media on Monday, August 25, 2026, prompting debate over traditional remedies, parental…
