Health
Customs Hands Over ₦3.94bn Seized Donkey Parts to NESREA in Kaduna
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified its fight against illegal wildlife trafficking with the handover of donkey parts worth ₦3.94 billion to...
NAFDAC Grants 18-Month Grace for Food Firms to Eliminate Trans Fats
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced an 18-month grace period for food companies to fully comply...
Kwara Set to Launch Measles-Rubella Vaccine Rollout to Protect Women and Children
The Kwara State Government has announced plans to officially launch the nationwide rollout of the new combined Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine, aimed at reducing...
Fake and Expired Drugs Worth N15bn Set Ablaze by NAFDAC in Ibadan
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed counterfeit, expired, substandard, and falsified drugs and products valued at...
NCDC: Lassa Fever Claims 166 Lives in 2025, Fatality Rate Rises to 18.5%
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported that Lassa fever has killed 166 people in the country between January...
Resident Doctors Halt 48-Hour Calls, Decry Nigeria’s Alarming 1:9,083 Doctor-Patient Ratio
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has raised alarm over the country’s worsening healthcare crisis, citing an abysmal doctor-to-patient ratio of 1:9,083—far...
Abia Govt Dismisses Allegations of Slot Sales in Healthcare Recruitment
The Abia State Civil Service Commission has refuted allegations of slot sales in the ongoing healthcare workers’ recruitment exercise, assuring citizens of transparency,...
Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori Sacks Health Workers Over Illegal Charges to Pregnant Women, Children
The Delta State Government has dismissed several health workers found guilty of extorting money from pregnant women and children under five, despite the...
