10+ hour, 11+ min ago   (482+ words) September 14, 2026 by Daniel Essiet Stakeholders in Nigeria’s nutrition and food-processing sectors have called for the wider adoption and consumption of fortified rice following a global study which found that large-scale food fortification programmes prevent about seven billion inadequate micronutrient intakes…...

8+ hour, 39+ min ago   (761+ words) September 14, 2026 by Chinyere Okoroafor The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has inaugurated a 600-member Pharmacists Reserve Volunteer Programme (PRVP) to strengthen its fight against substandard and falsified medicines. The PRVP will also help the agency…...

10+ hour, 11+ min ago   (213+ words) September 14, 2026 by Daniel Essiet The Ogun State Government has ruled out the reintroduction of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, opting instead to strengthen daily waste collection and disposal through increased investment in equipment for the Ogun State Waste Management Authority…...

15+ hour, 51+ min ago   (143+ words) September 13, 2026 by Osagie Otabor, Benin The Edo State Government has urged residents to buy unripe fruit and crops and let them ripen naturally at home. It said that using chemicals to preserve and ripen fruit and crops can cause cancer…...

21+ hour, 51+ min ago   (486+ words) September 13, 2026 by Tosin Tope, Akure The Ondo State government has ordered security agencies to clamp down on the sale and distribution of ‘unverified alcoholic drinks and other substances’ suspected of posing serious health risks to residents. The directive followed the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (652+ words) September 13, 2026 by Jide Babalola The detention of two nephrologists by the police over alleged illegal kidney removal has triggered fresh anxiety among kidney patients in Abuja, with a major private hospital suspending kidney-related surgeries and dialysis and other facilities reportedly…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (556+ words) September 12, 2026 by Frank Ikpefan, Abuja More than 23 million children across Nigeria were reached and vaccinated against polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases in the first half of 2026 through vaccination campaigns supported by eHealth Africa. The organisation disclosed this in its 2026 Mid-Year…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (265+ words) September 13, 2026 by Our Reporter The Positive Proof Women Health Care Empowerment Initiative (POPWHEI) Advocacy Watch Party was last week inducted and positioned as a key Advocacy Watch Party and accountability mechanism to advance comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) rights under the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (427+ words) September 13, 2026 by Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) has called for prompt and appropriate first aid response during emergencies involving migrants and displaced persons, warning that unsafe practices could worsen injuries and put lives at risk. The…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (694+ words) September 13, 2026 by Jill Okeke Consumers are likely to start paying less for scans as Nigerian Scientist Mary Brenda Akoda develops an innovation, Genscan AI which cuts the time for Magnetic Resonance Imaging [MRI] diagnosis by 90%. The artificial intelligence powered MRI…...