5+ hour, 30+ min ago   (412+ words) Plateau State governor Caleb Muftwangin Plateau State has risen to 29, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicholas Baamlong, has confirmed. However, as schools resume today across the country, the Niger State Government has mandated public and private schools across the state…...

6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (332+ words) The PRVP will also help the agency improve its ability to respond to drug-related emergencies across the country. NAFDAC Director-General Mojisola Adeyeye disclosed this while inaugurating the pharmacists drawn from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory yesterday. She said…...

8+ hour, 9+ min ago   (235+ words) A drug already transforming the treatment of obesity and diabetes may have another, unexpected effect: slowing some aspects of ageing. Researchers have found that semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight-loss medicines such as Ozempic and Wegovy, extended the lifespan…...

9+ hour, 2+ min ago   (179+ words) A new nationwide assessment of primary healthcare facilities in Nigeria has found serious gaps in staffing, infrastructure, equipment, power supply, water access and disability-friendly design. The report also found that around 75 per cent of the facilities assessed are located in…...

11+ hour, 6+ min ago   (215+ words) The Zamfara State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has extended the resumption date of all public and private schools in the state by two weeks following a health advisory on the prevailing diphtheria situation. It stated that the new…...

22+ hour, 46+ min ago   (313+ words) The Mojisola Grace Humanitarian Foundation has called for collective action by individuals, organisations and communities to tackle poverty, hunger and diseases and restore hope, dignity and opportunities to vulnerable Nigerians. Balogun said the organisation would seek to go beyond providing…...

12+ hour, 47+ min ago   (453+ words) Popular skitmaker and social media influencer, MC Always, popularly known as Egbon Adugbo, has turned the painful experience of losing his wife to Stage 4 cancer into a campaign for improved healthcare delivery in Nigeria. According to him, his wife’s experience…...

13+ hour, 14+ min ago   (342+ words) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control announced the launch of a 600‑member Pharmacists Reserve Volunteer Programme aimed at reinforcing its efforts to counter substandard and falsified medicines across Nigeria. The Director‑General stressed that regulation which…...

14+ hour, 48+ min ago   (425+ words) It is often portrayed in films as a sophisticated medical device operated by doctors in emergency rooms while alarms sound in the background. An AED was designed for ordinary people. That is where an AED comes in. An Automated External…...

22+ hour, 44+ min ago   (251+ words) She made the call in an interview with journalists in Ibadan on the state of Nigeria’s healthcare system. According to her, the initiative would enable doctors abroad to contribute their expertise to Nigeria’s healthcare delivery through technology while reducing some…...