Health
UCH-UCH JOHESU begins indefinite over failure to address CONHES demand
The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, on Monday embarked on an indefinite strike. This ...‘Calcium carbide, detergents’ — senate report exposes widespread use of harmful chemicals in Nigerian foods
Ipalipo Banigo, chairman of the senate committee on health, on Wednesday presented the report of the joint committees on health and agricultural ...Govt to release N11.9bn to pay doctors’ arrears — hours after NARD’s strike
The federal government says it will release the sum of N11.99 billion within 72 hours to offset some of the salary and ...NARD gives notice of fresh strike starting November 1
Ebun Emmanuel — October 26, 2025 The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has declared an indefinite nationwide strike, set to begin ...Reps to probe $4.6bn grants for HIV, TB, malaria response
The house of representatives has resolved to probe the utilisation of $1.8 billion and $2.8 billion in grants Nigeria received from the ...FG, Lagos seeks effective ways to curb maternal, infant deaths
The Lagos State Government has partner the Federal Ministry of Health and other development partners a for five-day Maternal and Neonatal Mortality ...No child in Kano should die of vaccine-preventable diseases – Yusuf
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State on Monday inaugurated the Measles-Rubella (MR) Integrated Campaign at Tofa Town in the Tofa Local ...Resident doctors implement 24-hour shift limit
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday raised alarm over the country’s poor doctor-to-patient ratio of 1:19,083, describing it as ...Flagyl, Artemether-Lumefantrine among 101 drugs delisted by NAFDAC [FULL LIST]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has delisted 101 drugs from circulation in Nigeria. In ...N70,000 HIV prevention injection splits Nigerians
A twice-yearly Human Immunodeficiency Virus prevention injection, hailed as the most promising tool against the virus in decades, has generated mixed reactions ...












