17+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1058+ words) The NCDC’s mandate includes disease surveillance, outbreak preparedness and response, laboratory development, public health research and support to states in managing outbreaks and public health emergencies. These functions are the product of decades of experience with infectious diseases and other…...

23+ hour, 30+ min ago   (266+ words) Nigerian author and researcher, Agbolade Omowole, has called on Nollywood to make longevity education and the wellbeing of its practitioners a priority, following a string of deaths involving members of the film industry. Omowole, who researches healthy longevity in Africa,…...

1+ day, 20+ min ago   (516+ words) By Joseph Erunke, Abuja ABUJA — The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has disbursed more than N1.08 billion to 5,381 students studying nursing and midwifery across 21 institutions under its student financing scheme. The intervention, which covers federal and state nursing and midwifery institutions,…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (678+ words) Recently in Abuja, the intellectual Disability cluster of the Right-in-Action – the Engraced Ones – Prayer Support and Advocacy Initiative, Down Syndrome Foundation of Nigeria, RIA by Maria Autism Foundation, in Abuja, and called for the inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (407+ words) ABUJA — Residents of Aboh Mbaise, Ngor Okpala and Ihitte-Uboma Local Government Areas of Imo State have welcomed the commencement of major reconstruction and upgrade works at their general hospitals. Community leaders and jubilant residents described the development as a significant…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (486+ words) IJEBU-IGBO, OGUN STATE — More than 400 residents from five communities under the Ijebu-Igbo Local Government Area received free medical care and health services during a two-day outreach organised by the Biola Akinyemi Foundation on August 28 and 29, 2026. The outreach was the third…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (285+ words) The Federal Government has deployed 13 emergency ambulances to Ogun State as part of efforts to strengthen pre-hospital and emergency medical care across the country. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, flagged off the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (516+ words) Gov Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State ABUJA — A coalition of civil society organisations has commended the Sokoto State Government over reforms in primary healthcare across the state. Millions of people depend on public health facilities, and the value of such…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (360+ words) A Nigerian woman who was born without fingerprints has shared her experience navigating biometric identification systems, recounting the difficulties she encountered during JAMB registration, the National Youth Service Corps programme and banking transactions. According to her, what should have been…...