Health
Nigeria loses $56bn to malnutrition annually — FG
The Federal government says Nigeria loses about $56 billion annually to malnutrition. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Abubakar ...N1trn worth of drugs seized, 11,000 shops sealed in nationwide crackdown – NAFDAC DG
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says its operatives have seized over N1 trillion worth ...Doctors shun work at UCH to protest lingering blackout
Members of the Association of Resident Doctors have embark on strike to register their grievances and frustration over the lingering ...UCH doctors begin indefinite strike over blackout
Members of the Association of Resident Doctors at University College Hospital in Ibadan have embarked on an indefinite strike, an ...Govt confident of funding healthcare despite USAID’s exit
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Ali Pate says the country can cater to its citizens’ health despite ...NAFDAC raids Abia market, seizes ‘banned, unregistered’ medicines
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has taken over the Ariaria International Market ...Ekiti to recruit more doctors, health workers
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has said his administration will recruit more medical doctors and health workers for all general hospitals ...Snakes, monkeys must not swallow $1.07bn health budget, Atiku warns FG
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has warned the federal government that the $1.07 billion allocated to the health sector in the ...Tinubu okays 65 years retirement age for doctors, healthcare workers
President Bola Tinubu has approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare workers from 60 to ...40 people diagnosed with cancer every minute globally – WHO
Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), says every minute, 40 people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer. Ghebreyesus ...
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