The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said its enforcement of the sachet alcohol ban is protective rather than punitive, stressing that no alcohol producing company has... Read more »
The strike by Nurses and Midwives under the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, has cripples medical services at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital Makurdi,(BSUTH), as the strike enters... Read more »
The Proprietor of Nacabs Polytechnic Akwanga, Nasarawa State, David Abuluya, has advised residents of the state to keep away from rats and maintain hygienic environment in order not to contract Lassa fever... Read more »
A major gap in eye health care is emerging in Jigawa State, as experts warn that millions of residents are at risk of avoidable blindness due to a critical shortage of specialist... Read more »
The Executive Secretary of the Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ESPHCDA), Dr. Ifeyinwa Ani-Osheku, has said the state government is intensifying efforts to close persisting maternal, newborn and child health... Read more »
Lagos State is set to create a new regulatory agency to monitor private healthcare facilities, officials announced, in a move aimed at improving patient safety and addressing gaps in the state’s existing... Read more »
The Federal Government announced on Monday that People Living with HIV/AIDS will now have access to free annual liver and kidney function tests through expanded health insurance coverage. The announcement was made... Read more »
Lagos State Health Commissioner, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says malaria has become increasingly rare in the state, urging residents to demand proper testing before accepting any diagnosis or medication. Speaking on Channels Television,... Read more »
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its indefinite strike, 29 days after it began on November 1. NARD national president, Mohammad Suleiman, announced the suspension on Saturday via his... Read more »
Children were seen lying on bare floor and tattered mats, some receiving blood transfusions without proper hospital beds or equipment. Patients at the General Hospital, Argungu in Kebbi State are reportedly being... Read more »
A flesh-eating skin disease suspected to be Buruli ulcer has resurfaced in Adamawa State, with 23 patients, including six women and two children, currently receiving treatment at the Yola Specialist Hospital. The... Read more »
The Anambra State graduates of Enugu State University, (ESUT), ASGRET, celebrated the 2025 world mental health day with a warm visit to the Anambra state Neuropsychiatric hospital, Nawfia where they had an... Read more »
The Ogun State government has disclosed that its four service points in Abeokuta, Ijebu Ode, Ilaro, and Ota recorded over 10,000 mental health patient visits during the first half of 2025. The... Read more »
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has raised serious concern over the increasing rate of HIV infections among young women, revealing that about 4,000 females aged 15 to 24 are newly infected... Read more »
Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) in Makurdi has unveiled some state – of – the – arts medical equipment to reposition the hospital into a one-stop medical hub for the North... Read more »
Scientists have announced a major breakthrough after successfully turning human skin cells into eggs and fertilising them with sperm in the laboratory for the first time. The US-led research team cautioned that... Read more »
Jordan Nyesom Wike, a son of Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike, was among the new lawyers formally admitted to the Nigerian Bar on Tuesday, a milestone the family marked with public... Read more »
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday emphasised that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between autism and the use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy.... Read more »
Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Prof. Adebayo Adeniyi, has said that poorly treated infection can prevent a woman from conceiving. Adeniyi, who is the Medical Director of Olives Fertility Centre, Ado Ekiti, identified... Read more »
Professor Aliyu Abdu, a nephrologist and academic at Bayero University, Kano (BUK), and a consultant at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), has disclosed that between 2015 and 2020, at least 651 kidneys... Read more »