•The suspects The Nigeria Police Force has paraded four suspects allegedly involved in an organ harvesting and human trafficking syndicate operating in Nasarawa State. The suspects are Emmanuel Ode, 23; Dr Benjamin Oyime, 48, a nephrologist and consultant to Wellington Hospital, Life Camp, Abuja; Dr Daniel Otukpa, 53, also a nephrologist and A...
•Doctors The Nigerian Medical Association, Ogun State chapter, has expressed concern over the shortage of medical doctors in the state, revealing that only about 1,200 physicians are currently serving an estimated population of nine million people. The association said the figure translates to approximately one doctor for every 7,500 residents...
Conference of the West African College of Physicians, WACP, yesterday, urged government at all levels to strengthen the health system or risk worsening the ongoing migration of skilled medical professionals, declining service delivery, and deepening pressures on already overstretched hospitals. The position was made at a press conference held ...
•President of the Nigeria Medical Association, Prof. Afekhide Omoti Medical doctors have called for the public ranking of governors and states based on health outcomes, saying such a system would promote accountability and encourage greater investment in healthcare delivery. The physicians argued that assessing state governments using indicato...
Nigeria is grappling with a worsening health workforce crisis as the mass migration of medical professionals continues to strain the country’s fragile healthcare system, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, has said. Salako raised the alarm yesterday while delivering a keynote address at the 2026 United Kingdom Gl...
•Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Three doctors suspended by the Medical and Dental Practitioners Investigation Panel over the death of the son of Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, have faulted the investigative process, alleging lack of fair hearing and misapplication of provisions of the Code of Medical Ethics. The doctors, who spoke to our...
•Doctors Nigeria’s already fragile healthcare system is facing a critical manpower deficit, as the number of licensed doctors has dropped to about 40,000, far below the estimated 300,000 needed to adequately serve a population of over 220 million. In 2024, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, revealed that Nigeria ha...
•Scissors and late Aishatu Umar The Kano State Hospitals Management Board has admitted that the death of Aishatu Umar, a mother of five, was caused by medical negligence at the Abubakar Imam Urology Centre in Kano. In a statement, its Public Relations Officer, Samira Suleiman, said preliminary investigation ordered by the Executive Secretary, ...
•Doctors protesting Doctors in Edo State have halted medical services across parts of the 18 local government areas as they continue their strike action over the abduction of one of their colleagues, Dr Ibrahim Babatunde. Despite assurances from security agencies that efforts to secure his release are ongoing, the doctors said they could no lo...
•Doctors protest The Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has announced withdrawal of its services across the State’s hospitals with effective from tomorrow, Saturday, January 10, 2026. This is even as the union demanded the release of two of its members: Dr. Abu Ibrahim Babatunde, and Dr. Stephen Osamaye, who were abduct...
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