Health

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CNN), Godwin Emefiele, has said medical tourism is straining Nigeria’s foreign reserves. The CBN governor spoke at an...

How AKTH makes life easier for cleft patients By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta An unknown number of Nigerians, largely living in the rural areas, suffer the devastating...

Nigerians 14.4% drug abuse Prevalence rate highest in West Africa — UNODC The United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes (UNODC) has said that 14.4...

Buhari Renews Tenure of NPHCDA Boss The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the renewal of appointment of Dr....

NPHCDA Deploys 2963 Solar Direct Drive to Boost Immunization As part of efforts by the National Primary Health Care Development to increase immunization rate and...

Over 600m mobile subscribers in Africa  to benefit from  digital health platform  More than 600 million mobile subscribers are to benefit  from  first-of-its-kind Digital  health...

ECOWAS Tips Buhari to coordinate COVID-19 response in West Africa President Muhamadu Buhari has been tipped as the Coordinator of the COVID-19 response in West...

COVID-19: FCTA Trains 100 Doctors, 300 Nurses... Prepares Facility for 500 Patients In a bid to contain and ultimately eradicate the Coronavirus pandemic in Abuja,...

COVID-19 No FIRS Staff Positive on Coronavirus The  Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has denied reports insinuating some staff have tested  positive to COVID-19. Mr. Muhammad...

Dangote donates N200m to fight Coronavirus The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) yesterday pledged to support the current effort by Nigerian government against CoronaVirus or Covid-19...

China votes $9 billion to Check spread of coronavirus China’s finance ministry and National Health Commission have extended 60.33 billion yuan (S$11.8 billion) to help...

JABU To Commence College Of Health Sciences   The first entrepreneural university in Nigeria, Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU), Osun, is at the verge of admitting...

Dagomo Gives 5-day Free Medical Service for the Elderly Dagomo Foundation Nigeria has embarked on a 5-day free medical service for the elderly as part...

Bitter Leaf Increases Fertility, Fights Prostate Health Specialist, Dr Grace Johnson has said bitter leaf works so well for fertility and fights prostate cancer because...

Global Fears over Malnutrition in Africa More than 200 delegates, including dealmakers, entrepreneurs and investors, will meet at the Nutrition Africa Investor Forum (NAIF) to...

N51m to Rehabilitate VVF centre in Kebbi Kebbi State Government says it has released N51 million for the rehabilitation and provision of facilities at Vesico-Vaginal...

28.7% of Nigerians Engage in Open Defecation- Survey ...As NBS, UNICEF Others to Conduct 2018 WASH–NORM Survey Latest reports indicate that about 28.7 percent of Nigerians...

Reinstated NHIS boss yet to resume – Official Prof. Usman Yusuf, the reinstated boss of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is yet to resume work....