Health
Nine health workers infected as NCDC reports 165 Lassa fever cases in five weeks
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 31 persons have died from Lassa fever in five weeks. According to ...Health ministry got only N36m out of N218bn for 2025 capital projects – Ali Pate
Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health and social welfare, has attributed the poor implementation of his ministry’s 2025 capital projects ...Rivers, Lagos top states for sachet alcohol consumption among minors
Rivers and Lagos States lead in the consumption of alcoholic drinks sold in sachets and Polyethylene Terephthalate bottles among minors ...Nigerian nurse sleeps for ‘4 hours and 24 minutes’ during shift, loses licence in Australia
A Nigerian-born nurse has been struck off in Australia after a tribunal found she repeatedly slept during night shifts, putting ...ADC accuses FG of hiding religious clauses in US-Nigeria health deal, demands full disclosure
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has asked the federal government to immediately clarify the contents of the health cooperation memorandum ...TUC threatens nationwide action over FG’s stoppage of striking JOHESU members’ salaries
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned the federal government’s decision to stop the salaries of striking members ...Kano probe death of housewife that doctors forget scissors inside her stomach
The Kano State Hospitals Management Board has ordered an investigation into the death of a housewife, Hajia Aishatu Umar whose ...Resident doctors suspend planned strike after Shettima’s intervention
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its plan to commence strike on January 12. The suspension was ...Lagos probes death of Chimamanda Adichie’s son
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered a full investigation into the death of Nkanu Nnamdi, the 21-month-old son of ...Govt enforces ‘no work, no pay’ for striking JOHESU members
The federal ministry of health has issued a ‘no work, no pay’ directive to all chief medical directors (CMD) and ...
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