Nigeria News Digest: Aug 29, 2025

A second round of polio vaccination campaigns began in Nigeria’s North-West region, targeting areas at risk from an outbreak of a transmissible vaccine-derived strain.

Kwara State’s Wellbeing Foundation Africa installed hygiene wash stations in 320 public schools, aiming to improve hygiene education for thousands of students.

NAFDAC shut down an illegal herbal medicine facility in Kaduna, which operated without licenses and produced unapproved products.

Osun State enrolled 1,200 inmates into a state health insurance scheme, expanding healthcare access to correctional facilities across the state.

Nigerian doctors trained 20,000 individuals in CPR and life support to combat the rising number of cardiac arrests in the country.