Health
Medical council suspends Euracare’s director, two doctors over death of Chimamanda’s son
The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) investigation panel has suspended Euracare’s medical director and two doctors over the death of ...NAFDAC alone can enforce sachet alcohol ban, health ministry tells court
The federal ministry of health and social welfare has told the federal high court in Abuja that the National Agency for Food ...Kano suspends doctor for reporting to work drunk
The Kano State Hospitals Management Board has suspended a medical officer serving in one of the state’s secondary health facilities for ...Why response to Lassa fever cases appears slow – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says high specimen transportation costs, reporting inconsistencies, and weak data validation systems are ...NAFDAC Uncovers Warehouse with ‘Banned,’ ‘Fake’ Cosmetics Worth Over ₦3bn In Lagos
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Sunday said it uncovered a warehouse stocked with banned, substandard, ...NAFDAC seals 18 warehouses in Niger state over discovery of ‘expired food products worth N100m’
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed 18 warehouses in Bida, Niger state. A statement on ...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 the agency’s ...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 to delays ...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 and underage ...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 elderly patients’ ...
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