Ebola alert: FG tightens airport, border screening
The Federal Government has intensified health screening at airports, seaports, and land borders across the country as part of measures to prevent the importation of Ebola virus disease into Nigeria.…
Nigeria Must Sustain Nutrition Funding to Tackle Maternal Mortality, Experts Warn
Nigeria’s efforts to reduce maternal mortality and malnutrition are increasingly dependent on sustained financing, improved accountability and wider access to proven nutrition interventions, particularly Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS), stakeholders have…
Ebola Outbreak May Be Hard to Control Without Strong Health Services, Ihekweazu Warns
The Executive Director of Health Emergencies at the World Health Organization, WHO, Dr. Chikwe Ihekwuazu, has warned Nigeria and other African countries that weak healthcare systems, poor infrastructure and low…
Obasanjo Reveals 40-Year Battle with Diabetes: “I Still Manage It”
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday revealed that he has been living with diabetes for over 40 years. According to him, lifestyle discipline, a…
When Knowledge Burned: Remembering the Healing Wisdom of Our Grandmothers
Herbal medicine is not merely an ancient pharmacopoeia waiting to be decoded. It is a complete healing system, deeply woven into culture, spirituality and humanity’s intimate relationship with nature. Long…
Bandits hold abducted Niger State medical doctor despite N20m ransom payment
The medical doctor abducted in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, has remained in captivity for 33 days despite reports that his captors collected N20 million ransom. …
Top neurosurgeon suspended after having sex with vulnerable female patient
A top neurosurgeon has been suspended after having s£x with a vulnerable female patient and prescribing her addictive painkillers. Dr Chirag Patel, who worked at the University Hospital of…
Air France flight blocked from entering US over Ebola fears
An Air France flight was blocked from entering US airspace and instead diverted to Canada over fears of one passenger’s exposure to the Ebola outbreak in Africa. Air France…
One in Three Nigerian Adults Has Hypertension, Yet Fewer Than One in Five Is Under Control — NHS Raises Alarm
The Nigerian Hypertension Society has sounded a fresh alarm over the country’s worsening blood pressure crisis, using World Hypertension Day 2026 to call for a united, all-of-society response to a…
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda global health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern. The declaration follows confirmed outbreaks caused…















