Category: Health

Health Minister Collapses During Press Conference

September 10, 2025

There was panic on Tuesday, after Sweden’s newly appointed Health Minister, Elisabet Lann, collapsed during her first press conference. The video...

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Doctors to decide on nationwide strike today

September 10, 2025

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors will hold its National Executive Council meeting today (Wednesday) to determine its next line...

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After Medical Break, Peter Obi Resumes Public Activities

September 9, 2025

A former 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has returned to public engagements following a brief medical rest. The...

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BREAKING ‘No Fix, No Work’ – Abuja Resident Doctors Commence Seven-Day Warning Strike

September 8, 2025

The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory (ARD-FCT), has commenced a seven-day warning strike, demanding urgent reforms in the faltering...

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Peter Obi Announces Temporary Break From Public Activities

September 6, 2025

Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has announced a temporary break from public engagements for a few days after doctors...

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Fresh Ebola outbreak: FG tightens border control

September 6, 2025

The Federal Government stated that it had intensified monitoring and screening procedures at all points of entry in response to...

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16 States Have No Oncologist; Gombe, Maiduguri Share One

September 4, 2025

Sixteen states in Nigeria currently have no radiation or clinical oncologists, a development experts warned is worsening late presentation and...

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2000 Doctors Owned Salaries: NARD Insists On Strike

September 4, 2025

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors reiterated its resolve on Wednesday to embark on a nationwide strike on September 10...

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President Tinubu Orders Compulsory Health Insurance For Workers

September 3, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) to issue a service-wide circular to...

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Ex-SDP Governorship Candidate, Bamidele Akingboye, Dies in Lagos

September 3, 2025

The former governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November 16, 2024, Ondo State gubernatorial election, Bamidele...

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Overwork: How RSUTH doctor slumped, died on duty

September 3, 2025

Nigerian doctors are mourning yet another avoidable tragedy. This time, the death of Dr. Oluwafemi Rotifa, a young resident doctor...

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Strike threat: Resident doctors give FG 10-day ultimatum

September 2, 2025

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Monday issued a 10-day ultimatum to the Federal Government and relevant agencies to...

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Drug Prices Soar Despite Tinubu’s Executive Order On Tariff Waivers

August 25, 2025

President Bola Tinubu’s executive order in June 2024, which abolished tariffs, excise duties, and Value Added Tax on pharmaceutical machinery...

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IGP Egbetokun Approves Upgrade Of Police Medical Services

August 20, 2025

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has approved the upgrade of the Police Medical Section to a full-fledged Directorate of...

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Tinubu Approves Reduction Of Kidney Dialysis Cost From ₦50,000 To ₦12,000

August 19, 2025

The Federal Government has slashed the cost of kidney dialysis in federal hospitals nationwide by 76 per cent, reducing the...

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FG pledges to pay doctors, health workers’ seven-month arrears by August ending

August 11, 2025

The Federal Government has assured medical doctors and other healthcare workers that their outstanding seven months’ salary arrears will be...

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Pension crisis: Police retirees reject FG’s healthcare incentives

August 7, 2025

Despite fresh directives from President Bola Tinubu aimed at improving their welfare, retired police officers under the Contributory Pension Scheme...

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Tinubu directs rollout of free healthcare for low-income retirees

August 6, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has directed the expedited rollout of the free healthcare access initiative for low-income retirees under the Contributory...

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NAFDAC Receives N20.5bn Fake Drugs From Customs

August 3, 2025

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Sunday disclosed it has taken delivery of 15 containers of...

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Oyo begins distribution of insecticide-treated mets to fight malaria

August 3, 2025

Oyo State Government has commenced mass distribution of over five million insecticide-treated nets across the 33 local government areas of...

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Nurses call off four-day-old strike

August 3, 2025

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has suspended its seven-day nationwide warning strike. The decision to call off the...

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One woman dies every eight minutes during childbirth in Borno — UNICEF

July 31, 2025

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the alarming rate of maternal deaths in Borno State, disclosing...

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Why we join warning strike – Osun nurses

July 31, 2025

The Osun chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) says it joined the seven-day nationwide warning...

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Doctors to begin nationwide strike Thursday

July 21, 2025

As the 21-day ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government draws to a close on July 23, the Nigerian Medical...

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Babies made using three people’s DNA are born free of hereditary disease

July 17, 2025

Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal...

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Banana — Benefits and health tips

July 16, 2025

In the hustle and bustle of our modern lives, where fast food reigns supreme and energy drinks flood the market,...

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Shettima Flies to London to Visit Ailing Buhari on Tinubu’s Orders

July 11, 2025

President Bola Tinubu earlier this week detailed Vice President Kashim Shettima to fly to London from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to...

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Customs Intercepts 40-foot Container Loaded With Donkey Genitals On Kaduna-Abuja Road

July 10, 2025

Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have intercepted a 40-foot container loaded with donkey genitals along the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, in what...

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Fear In Kano As Polluted Air Causes Viral Diseases

June 4, 2025

The Kano State Government has warned residents of poisonous air polluting many areas of the state capital, following the release...

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NAFDAC Rejects VDM’S #7m Traders ‘Extortion Claim

May 28, 2025

In a rejoinder on Tuesday, the agency described VDM’s comments as inciting and potentially in violation of the Cybercrime Act,...

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