Former presidential spokesman Femi Adesina has said that his former principal, Muhammadu Buhari, could have been long dead if he had used Nigerian hospitals. Adesina, who was a guest during Channels Television‘s special coverage for Buhari’s funeral on Tuesday, Read more…
The Federal Government has directed immediate reforms in the emergency care services at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abuja, following public outrage over delayed medical attention to accident victims at the hospital’s emergency unit. Minister of State for Health Read more…
It is cold, hard, metallic and commonly associated with pain. Not a mediaeval torture instrument, but the vaginal speculum is used every day around the world for essential gynaecological exams. Two engineers at Delft University in the Netherlands are now Read more…
In a move to tackle the growing number of out-of-school children in Zamfara State, Governor Dauda Lawal has launched the state’s Homegrown School Feeding Programme, aimed at boosting school enrollment, retention, and completion. The official flag-off took place at Read more…
The President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Bala Audu, has again called on the Federal Government to withdraw the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission’s circular on the review of allowances for medical and dental officers in the Read more…
Nigeria must take bold steps to ensure that HIV prevention, treatment, and support remain accessible and resilient, especially as the donor landscapes evolve and apathy deepens. To achieve this, Nigeria must leverage its specially unified platform designed for the technical Read more…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a massive illegal operation involving the sale of fake chemicals, expired food flavours, unauthorised fertilisers, and repackaged pharmaceutical raw materials in the Alapere area of Ketu, Read more…
Lower-income countries will gain access to a “game-changing” HIV prevention drug with a new deal signed between with US pharmaceutical giant Gilead and the Global Fund, the health financing group said Wednesday. The group set up to battle AIDS, Read more…
The fourth edition of Vision First, the flagship health programme of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) began in Mushin Local Council Development Area of Lagos State on Monday, with Read more…
At least One in six children in Katsina State reportedly die before celebrating their 5th birthday, a stark reminder of urgent need to strengthen child survival interventions in the state. This figure represents 159 per 1,000 live births, with Read more…