•Sachets of alcoholic drinks The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has informed the Federal High Court in Lagos that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is legally empowered to enforce the ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets, PET bottles, and glass containe...
•Armed Fulani herdsman and Benue State University Teaching Hospital The Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) in Makurdi has achieved a medical milestone with the successful fitting of its first body-powered transhumeral prosthesis on a Fulani herdsmen attack survivor, Mrs. Blessing Agidi. The procedure, carried out today, was spons...
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has accused the Federal Ministry of Health of breaching established procurement laws by signing an agreement with Medipool, a private company, to oversee a centralised drug purchasing system for Nigeria’s health institutions. In a press statement released on Monday, jointly signed by t...
•Tinubu jets out The Tinubu-led federal government has come under intense criticism as foreign exchange outflow for health-related travel by Nigerians surged to $549.29m in the first nine months of 2025, a 17.96 per cent increase from $465.67m in the same period of 2024. Analysts and health experts slammed the government for failing to curb [&...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State The Ogun State government said it has commenced an independent and comprehensive health audit of residents in the Ogijo community, Sagamu Local Government Area, following confirmation of lead poisoning concerns. The move comes months after the government sealed seven used battery recycling facilities in Nov...
•NAFDAC operatives on duty The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed no fewer than 18 warehouses in Bida, Niger State, following the discovery of large quantities of expired food and beverage products valued at over N100 million. According to a statement by Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, NAFDAC...
•Lassa fever As Nigeria moves deeper into its annual Lassa fever season, an unsettling pattern has emerged: the virus is increasingly infecting the very people tasked with containing it. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), more than 15 healthcare workers across multiple states had contracted Lassa fever as of Epidemiolo...
•JOHESU on protest The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has issued a strongly worded warning to the National Assembly, urging lawmakers to halt proposed amendments to key health sector laws. JOHESU contended that the proposed law, if enacted, would create what it described as an “apartheid-like” regulatory structure, placing medical practit...
•Lassa fever The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention, NCDC, today in an advisory to healthcare workers called for a heightened index of suspicion and strict compliance with Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures following a disturbing rise in Lassa fever infections among medical personnel. In a p...
•Prof Christopher Aimakhu The Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria has stated that the country has only about 2,200 registered obstetricians and gynaecologists, as seven million babies are born each year. In an exclusive interview with our correspondent, the Second Vice President of SOGON, Prof Christopher Aimakhu, said a populatio...
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