•Director General, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has expressed its commitment to promote local pharmaceutical manufacturing in Nigeria to strengthen national drug security through market-friendly, innovation-driven policies. Meanwhile, the agency has signed...
•Prostate cancer Survivors of prostate cancer transformed a clinic’s anniversary into a national health warning, as The Prostate Clinic (TPC) marked its first year of operations in Lagos. Their testimonies, filled with re‑ lief and gratitude, underscored the urgent need for awareness and early detection among Nigerian men. The gathering, atten...
•Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie and the accused hospital The Coroner’s Court sitting at the Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos Island, abruptly suspended in the ongoing inquest into the death of 21-month-old Master Nkanu Adichie-Esege, son of acclaimed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Dr. Ivara Esege. Coroner Magistrate Atinuke Adetunji ...
• A pharmacist counselling a patient The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, Lagos State Branch, has issued a strong warning over what it described as a “dangerous depletion” of pharmacists in the Lagos State Ministry of Health, cautioning that the situation is already weakening drug regulation and opening the door to statutory breaches in...
The management of a Lagos-based hospital has launched a clinical probe into the death of one of its patients, Mrs. Faith Odaodu-Korode. The clinical review, according to the management of St. Raphael Divine Mercy Specialist Hospital in Ikorodu, is meant to determine the circumstances surrounding the patient’s death, reports The Nation. In a st...
The Nigerian Cancer Society (NCS) has called on the federal and state governments to urgently improve the welfare of healthcare workers to curb the growing migration of skilled professionals abroad. In a statement issued to commemorate the 2026 Workers’ Day celebration, the Society warned that the increasing wave of emigration, popularly known...
•Firewood cooking Despite the inherent challenges, millions of households in Nigeria are still depending on native firewood cooking method, thereby exposed to health and environmental risks. The Executive Vice Chairman of National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) Khalil Suleiman Halilu raised the concern, where he wor...
Nigerian doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State Branch, have faulted a recent judgment by the Federal High Court in Abuja affirming the authority of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to investigate cases of alleged medical negligence. In a statement issued by its Chairman...
As the world commemorates World Malaria Day 2026, Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has issued a clarion call for Nigeria to prioritise local drug manufacturing and invest in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) as a decisive step towards eliminating malaria. Citing figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the company highli...
As the world marks World Immunisation Week 2026, fresh concerns have been raised over Nigeria’s growing number of unimmunised children, calling for urgent and coordinated action to close the gap. Under the theme “For every generation, vaccines work,” Save the Children Nigeria has called for renewed commitment and coordinated action to reach ze...
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