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 »
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has suspended its warning strike, two days after it began. The doctors had downed tools on Friday morning but suspended the action on Saturday night, with... Read more »
The National Association of Resident Doctors has declared a five-day warning strike starting from Friday, 12th September 2025, to press home their demands. This was confirmed in a statement on Thursday by... Read more »
Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has said that it would be a herculean task to defend the President Bola Tinubu -led Federal Government of Nigeria due to its wrong policies.... Read more »
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Saturday, urged Ondo residents to back efforts to enable the mental health patients to have access to quality mental health care, regardless of their... Read more »
The Commander of the Mining Marshals, John Onoja Attah, has urged journalists across the country to see themselves as partners in the Federal Government’s effort to curb illegal mining, warning that the... Read more »
The Federal Government has subsidised the cost of kidney dialysis in federal hospitals across Nigeria, slashing the price of the procedure by 76%. The new policy, approved by President Bola Tinubu, reduces... Read more »
Nigeria’s foremost forensic laboratory, Smart DNA, has released its 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report, uncovering troubling insights into paternity and family dynamics across the country. The report shows that between July 2024... Read more »
Nigeria has been named among eight African countries that contributed to a clinical trial leading to the approval of the first malaria treatment for newborns and infants weighing less than five kilograms.... Read more »
Doctors under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, have commenced an indefinite strike over the failure of the... Read more »
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the Kwara State Government, has engaged the services of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in transporting pregnant women in labour to healthcare facilities. The... Read more »
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has declared a seven-day nationwide strike, set to begin on Tuesday, July 29, across all federal health institutions in the country. In a... Read more »
—If You’re Getting Slimmer Without Trying, Here’s How to Add Weight Back, Healthily Breastfeeding burns a lot of calories, and some moms find themselves getting slimmer without even trying. While this can... Read more »
Jigawa State has made genotype testing compulsory for all intending couples as part of efforts to reduce cases of sickle cell disease. According to Hamisu Mohammed Gumel, the Chief Press Secretary to... Read more »