Health

The Federal Administration of Capital Territory (FCTA) said that it has allocated fourteen district hospitals for general rehabilitation and the provision of medical equipment in the 2025 budget. The Secretary of the Mandate of the Ministry of Health and Environment...

The National Agency for the Development of Primary Health (NPHCDA) has revealed that it has taken a significant step to strengthen Nigeria's primary health system by involving interested parties of various government levels, civil society organizations and development partners. This,...

The Federal Government has appointed Prof. Olusegun Sylvester Eye as the pioneer medical director of the Federal University of Technology (FUTA), Akure, Ondo State with effect as of March 5, 2025. Until now, Akure has been the only state capital...

The presidential candidate of the Labor Party (LP) in the general elections of 2023, Mr. Peter Obi, has donated N20 million to two nursing science universities in IMO and Anambra - Holy Rosary College of Nursing, Ogbe, in Ahiara...

On Friday governor of the state of Lagos, the first medical syringe factory in the state, disposable care syringes, which reformulate the continuous support initiatives of its administration aimed at promoting industrialization and economic growth through strategic investments in...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated medical equipment and vital medical products to the Government of the State of Born to strengthen health benefit in the state. Speaking in Maiduguri on Friday while delivered the team, the WHO representative,...

The United Nations Fund for the United Nations (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) launched the "Sustainable Social Protection Project in Nigeria" (Susi) to reinforce Nigerian social protection structures that guarantees more comprehensive coverage and help for vulnerable...

The national president of the Nigerian Glaucoma Society, Professor Olusola Olawoye, says that each Nigerian, regardless of their age, class or gender, is in danger of glaucoma, an avoidable cause of irreversible blindness and, therefore, urges regular ocular exams. Professor...

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziak Adekunle Salako, has requested the integration of diagnostic services to improve Nigeria's health provision system. Speaking at the National Diagnostic Summit on Tuesday in Abuja, Salako emphasized the importance...

According to reports, around 26 people have died of a suspicious case of cephalorraquid meningitis, while 248 were recorded in four areas of the local government of the state of Kebbi. Informative journalists in Birnin Kebbi, the State's Health Commissioner,...