The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 19,213 cases of measles and 153 deaths between January and November 2025.
The confirmed cases, according to the measles situation report released on Tuesday, are 26,866 suspected cases reported across 507 Local Government Areas in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The disease recorded a case fatality rate of 0.8 percent.
Children aged 9 to 59 months were the most affected group, accounting for 9,399 cases, or 48.92 percent of all confirmed infections.
The data shows a significant increase compared to the same period in 2024, when 9,805 cases and 77 deaths were recorded from 19,815 suspected cases.
The NCDC reported that five states, Borno, Zamfara, Yobe, Bauchi, and Kebbi, accounted for 66.1 per cent of all suspected measles cases nationwide during the period under review.
Borno alone recorded 7,968 suspected cases, followed by Zamfara with 4,779, Yobe with 2,076, Bauchi with 1,574, and Kebbi with 1,357.
“Of the suspected cases reported, 19,213 (71.51 percent) were confirmed (2,791 lab-confirmed, 2,013 epi-linked, and 14,409 clinically compatible), 6,440 (23.78 percent) were discarded, and 1,213 (3.38 percent) were pending classification.
The report further revealed a major immunisation gap, with 14,801 confirmed cases (77.04 percent) occurring among children who had not received any dose of the measles vaccine, described as “zero-dose” cases.
“From January to November 2025, a total of 188 LGAs across 27 States have recorded a measles outbreak.”
The report, however, indicated that by the end of November, 187 LGAs had ended their outbreaks, leaving only one ongoing outbreak in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State.
In November alone, 20 states reported at least one suspected case, with Delta, Kwara, Bayelsa, Jigawa, and Akwa Ibom accounting for over 50 percent of the 71 suspected cases reported that month. No deaths were recorded from confirmed cases in November.
Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that primarily affects children. It spreads easily through coughing, sneezing, or close contact with infected persons.
Symptoms include fever, red rash, cough, and red eyes, and severe cases can result in complications and death.
The disease is, however, preventable through vaccination.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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