Category: Health

UBTH CMD Visits Yongxing Nigeria, Strengthens Corporate Partnership
January 7, 2026 No Responses

UBTH CMD Visits Yongxing Nigeria, Strengthens Corporate Partnership

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. Idia Nibokun Ize-Iyamu, on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, paid a courtesy visit to the management of Yongxing Nigeria Limited, a leading steel manufacturing company in...
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Resident Doctors To Resume Strike January 12
January 4, 2026 No Responses

Resident Doctors To Resume Strike January 12

THE Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced plans to resume its Total Industrial and Clinical Services (TICS) 2.0 nationwide from January 12, 2026, following the outcome of its Emergency National Executive Council (E-NEC) meeting held on ...
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Health Sector Reforms Encourage Medical Industrialisation, Says Minister
December 13, 2025 No Responses

Health Sector Reforms Encourage Medical Industrialisation, Says Minister

The deliberate efforts of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are gradually addressing brain drain and stimulating the growth of medical industrialization in Nigeria, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said. He stated this at the...
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Lassa Fever: Nigeria Confirms 17 New Cases, One Death
December 11, 2025 No Responses

Lassa Fever: Nigeria Confirms 17 New Cases, One Death

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 17 new confirmed Lassa fever cases and one death across four states in epidemiological week 47 (November 17–23, 2025).The agency disclosed this via its official website in the Lassa...
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ROSOWA Takes Free Medical Outreach To Nasarawa Community
November 14, 2025 No Responses

ROSOWA Takes Free Medical Outreach To Nasarawa Community

The Road Safety Officers Wives Association (ROSOWA) Health Centre, Kuchikau, Nasarawa State has extended essential healthcare services to grassroots residents as it held a free medical outreach on 12 November 2025 at the Ag. District Head’s Palace, Kuchikau....
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FOU Zone ‘A’ Commences First Aid Training
November 13, 2025 No Responses

FOU Zone ‘A’ Commences First Aid Training

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, has commenced a comprehensive First Aid Training Programme aimed at strengthening the safety, health, and emergency response capacity of its officers and men.Declaring the programme open at th...
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Lassa Fever Claims 176 Lives In Nigeria
November 7, 2025 No Responses

Lassa Fever Claims 176 Lives In Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed that at least 176 people have died from Lassa fever across 21 states since the beginning of 2025.According to the agency’s latest Lassa Fever Situation Report, Nigeria has recorded...
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IGP Appoints AIG Nkechi Eze As Pioneer Director, Force Medical Services
October 30, 2025 No Responses

IGP Appoints AIG Nkechi Eze As Pioneer Director, Force Medical Services

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Nkechi Eze as the pioneer Director of the newly established Directorate of Force Medical Services.A statement explained th...
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18,000 Gets Loveworld Free Medicaid Eye Treatments
October 10, 2025 No Responses

18,000 Gets Loveworld Free Medicaid Eye Treatments

Loveworld Medicaid, a member agency of the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International says no fewer than 18,000 individuals having eye challenges have received full free treatment and improved vision.The Assistant Director, Loveworld Medicaid, Dr. Olajumoke Ola...
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Lassa Fever Claims 168 Lives In 21 States
October 5, 2025 No Responses

Lassa Fever Claims 168 Lives In 21 States

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed that Lassa fever has claimed 168 lives across 21 states in 2025.In its situation report for epidemiological week 38, the agency revealed a total of 4,543 suspected cases, of...
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Lassa Fever: Nigeria Records 162 Deaths
September 17, 2025 No Responses

Lassa Fever: Nigeria Records 162 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a rise in confirmed Lassa fever cases, with 162 deaths recorded across 21 states as of epidemiological week 35, spanning August 25–31.The NCDC via its official website on Tuesday...
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NAFDAC Impounds N1.2b Fake Malaria drugs
September 12, 2025 No Responses

NAFDAC Impounds N1.2b Fake Malaria drugs

THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized 277 cartoons of fake and unregistered Malamal Fort malaria drugs worth over 1.2 billion in Lagos.NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Dr Martins Iluyomade, wh...
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Anxiety Over New Ebola Outbreak
September 5, 2025 No Responses

Anxiety Over New Ebola Outbreak

THE government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday declared a new outbreak of Ebola in the central province of Kasai, the country’s 16th since 1976.The development is generating anxiety within and outside the country.Health Minister Rog...
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Tinubu Directs Mandatory Health Insurance Implementations Across MDAs
September 3, 2025 11 Responses

Tinubu Directs Mandatory Health Insurance Implementations Across MDAs

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) to issue a service-wide circular to all Ministries, Extra-Ministerial Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) on the implementation of mandatory health insurance in line with t...
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