3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (238+ words) The Katsina State Government has approved N500 million as counterpart funding for the procurement of nutrition commodities to strengthen the fight against acute malnutrition among children across the state. The approval was granted by the State Executive Council at its 15th Regular…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (567+ words) THISDAYLIVE The authorities must do more to contain the growing problem As Nigeria joins other countries today to mark the 2026 World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), it is important for critical stakeholders to join the ongoing conversation on how we can…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (698+ words) The ward at the Infectious Disease Centre in Damba is quiet in a way that feels wrong. Fluorescent lights hum above rows of iron beds. Mothers sit on plastic chairs, cloths pressed to fevered foreheads. Nurses move fast between patients,…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (480+ words) The University of Oxford has named the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Prof. Fatima Kyari, as the 2026 Aig-Imoukhuede Visiting Fellow. The Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation disclosed this in a statement yesterday, saying Kyari…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (187+ words) Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu has felicitated Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate, on his 58th birthday on September 6, 2026. The president, in a release issued on Sunday by his Adviser on Information and Strategy,…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (689+ words) Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has said the Agency’s ‘5 Plus 5’ policy and Ceiling List initiatives have enhanced local production of medicines and medical…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (54+ words) THISDAYLIVE Tinubu Eulogises Health Minister, Ali Pate, At 58.Lauds his contributions to nation’s health, social welfare sector Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu has felicitated Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate, on his 58th birthday…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (665+ words) . Plateau orders closure of primary, secondary schools over outbreak Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Yemi Kosoko in Jos The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that Borno, Kano, Plateau and five other states in the country…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (816+ words) Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and Nigeria Implementation Science Alliance (NISA) have expressed the need to adopt the application of implementation science to improve health outcomes in Nigeria. Speaking at the 11th Annual Nigerian…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (447+ words) Forty years after Dr. Bola Olaosebikan founded Healthcare magazine to promote health information, education and public advocacy, stakeholders from the medical, pharmaceutical, academic, public and private sectors gathered in Lagos to examine the future of Nigeria’s healthcare system. The 40th anniversary…...