As World Malaria Day comes up on Thursday April 25, Nigerians have been advised to protect themselves against mosquito bites by using insecticide...

The Borno Government on Saturday said it distributed 3.7 million pieces of treated mosquito nets to control malaria in the state.Alhaji Mala Waziri, the Coordinator, Malaria Control Programme, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri.

To commemorate the 2018 World Malaria Day (WMD), Itel Mobile in partnership with Mophet pharmacy has distributed treated mosquito nets to children and mothers in Isele Akoka community of Lagos State.

Representative of the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), an organ of the ministry, Mrs Nneka Ndubusi, disclosed this yesterday in Akure at a media advocacy training organized for 30 journalists in the state.

Treated mosquito net forms a protective barrier around people sleeping under it. The insecticide in it not only kills mosquitoes, which carry the malaria parasites and other insects, but also repels mosquitoes.