Health
Nigeria needs urgent reform in correctional health system – Govt
The Nigerian government has reiterated its commitment to reforming the country’s correctional health system, citing the urgent need to address ...Why Kano records deaths of 143 under 5 children every year – UNICEF
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says 143 under five children die yearly in Kano state due to ...Doctors to begin nationwide strike Thursday
As the 21-day ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government draws to a close on July 23, the Nigerian Medical ...Shettima visits London to check on ailing Buhari, Abdulsalami
Vice President Kashim Shettima has visited ailing former President Muhammadu Buhari in London. Sources said the vice president made the ...Fatalities rise six years after NCDC declared emergency on Lassa fever
On January 22, 2019, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control declared Lassa fever a public health emergency, following a spike ...‘Exporting Doctors While Undermining Welfare Is Inexcusable,’ NMA Faults Nigeria-Saint Lucia Deal
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has faulted the Federal Government’s decision to deploy Nigerian doctors to Saint Lucia and other ...16 states lack clinical oncologists — NCS
The President and the Chief Executive Office of the Nigerian Cancer Society (NCS), Abidemi Omonisi, said 16 states in Nigeria ...NMA demands reversal of Owoeye’s appointment as acting Medical Director of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for strict adherence to the laid-down process for the tenure and appointment of ...Adekunle Gold offers free healthcare to 1,000 sickle cell warriors [APPLY]
Nigerian singer, Adekunle Gold, has introduced a free health insurance programme to support 1,000 individuals living with sickle cell disease. ...‘I want to live’, cancer patient begs Tinubu’s wife, Nigerians for financial help
A business woman, Mrs. Akamagwuna has cried out to Nigerians, especially First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, to help fight her fight ...













