Legal icon and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, has expressed the university’s readiness to find a lasting solution to Cancer treatment. Speaking during the signing of an ambitious Memorandum of Understanding with a Chinese firm, Cherami-PV Group, Babalola declared that the university is ready to deploy...
•Lassa Fever The Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Paul Ogwuche, has confirmed that four healthcare professionals are among those affected in the recent Lassa Fever outbreak in the state. Dr. Ogwuche disclosed that the affected health workers included three nurses and one community health worker, all of whom were acti...
•Health workers protest The ongoing strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions has entered the third month, crippling activities in government-owned hospitals across Nigeria, leaving patients stranded and forcing many to seek essential services outside public health facilities. Now in its third month, the industrial action has grounded critical ...
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abuja, has, in a statement, responded to social media reports surrounding the tragic death of Ms. Ifunanya Lucy Nwagene, who died on January 31, 2026, from severe neurotoxic complications following a snake bite. The statement issued yesterday read, “The management of the hospital extends its deepest symp...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu and demolition of Makoko Seasoned psychiatrists have warned that the ongoing demolition of homes in Makoko could trigger severe emotional distress, mental disorders, and suicidal thoughts among displaced residents. They explained that sudden displacement may expose vulnerable individuals to depression and other mental healt...
•Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State The Bauchi State Government is considering legislation to control the increasing rate of childbirth at home, which poses danger to the health of mothers and babies. According to data from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), only three out of 10 women deliver in hospitals, representing 31 per cen...
• Prof Stanley Anyanwu A Professor of Surgery (Surgical Oncology) in the Faculty of Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Prof Stanley Anyanwu has urged women to report early signs of breast cancer, saying it is a sure way to remaining alive. Anyanwu stated this during the Second Jubilee Academic Lecture (JAL) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a four-week ultimatum to the federal government to fully implement outstanding agreements on salaries, allowances and welfare, even as it extended the suspension of its Total Indefinite Comprehensive Strike (TICS). The decision was taken at the end of the Association’s January Nati...
•Sachet water popularly known as Pure Water The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency says Nigeria consumes over 2.5 billion litres of sachet water annually, produced by more than 32,000 manufacturers across the country. Prof. Innocent Barikor, the Director -General of NESREA, stated this at the inception meeting...
•JOHESU strike The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has urged Nigerians to hold the federal government responsible for the hardship faced by patients and other people in need of medical attention due to the ongoing strike by its members. According to the union, its one-point demand remains the implementation of the report on the adjustment [...
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