Health

The Chairman and Chief Executive of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Brigadier General, Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) has lay...

The Federal Government has inaugurated the distribution of medical equipment and essential drugs valued at over N23 billion nationwide in...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has issued a recall notice for Embacef 125 Powder for...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in the new Lassa fever cases across...

The federal government says it will soon unveil the Nigeria strategic directions for nursing and midwifery, a blueprint to advance...

ABUJA - Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA) has commenced a campaign for the vaccination of children against...

World Animal Protection (WAP), an international organisation, says no fewer than 10 million people could die globally each year from...

The Federal Capital Territory Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA-FCT) has appealed to the Federal Government to honour the...

Nigeria has reported 822 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 155 deaths so far in 2025, according to the latest...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) seized banned, expired, and unregistered items worth over ₦1.5...

ABUJA-JULY 29, 2025 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a total of 152 deaths from...

Ibrahim Abubakar, a professor of infectious diseases at the University College London, says there will be another pandemic, and it...

The World Health Organisation has called for the immediate global rollout of a breakthrough HIV drug, lenacapavir, that only requires...

Abuja-July 08. The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it arrested 37 suspected drug traffickers...

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first medicine to prevent HIV that only has to be...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised an alarm over the rising number of cholera cases in Sudan, warning that...

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed eight new cases of Lassa fever in four states, bringing...

In response to the alarming levels of malnutrition in northeastern Nigeria, the European Union (EU) is allocating €500,000 (over N900...

Aliko Dangote, the Chairman of the Dangote Group, has called for Nigeria to limit its reliance on medical tourism and...

The Federal Government has pledged robust communication and advocacy support for the upcoming nationwide Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign scheduled for...

The World Health Organisation on Friday issued recommendations for two new immunisation tools to protect infants from Respiratory Syncytial Virus...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a total of 366 deaths from Lassa fever and meningitis...

The outbreak, which began less than a week ago, has already resulted in multiple fatalities, according to a report by...

By Progress Godfrey, Abuja Following the federal government’s launch of the National Guideline for Sodium Reduction, Resolve To Save Lives...

By Progress Godfrey, Abuja The Federal Government through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, in collaboration with other pro-nutrition...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has emphasised its commitment to due process in the...

Health officials are warning that the UK could face another surge in norovirus cases this winter, with people who have...

A deadly unidentified illness in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has claimed over 50 lives, prompting health experts to...

By Progress Godfrey As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark World Cancer Day 2025, a public health...

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the...

A former deputy governor on the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, has advised African countries to make funding for...

The Kogi State Government has announced a ₦4 billion initiative to combat malaria, aiming to reduce the disease's prevalence across...

The recent outbreak of anthrax in Zamfara State serves as a grim reminder of Nigeria's ongoing public health challenges. This...

The Zamfara State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ministries of Agriculture, Environment, and key partners, has launched a...