4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (661+ words) The United Nations Children’s Fund on Thursday handed over a renovated Primary Health Care facility to the Katsina State Government, with a call for immediate provision of essential equipment, adequate staffing and maintenance to ensure improved access to quality healthcare…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (593+ words) The Safety and Antimicrobial Resistance of Mass Administration of Azithromycin in Children 1–59 Months in Nigeria programme has reached more than 16 million children across 11 northern states, its organisers have said. The milestone comes as Nigeria continues to record a slow decline…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (512+ words) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has linked Chinese counterfeiters now living in Nigeria to the proliferation of fake goods, worsening the production, distribution and sale of adulterated, harmful and unwholesome products. NAFDAC Director of Investigation…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (784+ words) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said it has destroyed regulated products worth over N1.5tn in a single coordinated operation across Lagos and the South-East between February and March 2025, as part of a wider crackdown that has…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (329+ words) The Anambra State AIDS Control Agency has launched a new campus-based HIV response initiative across 27 tertiary institutions in the state, targeting adolescent young people with the aim of intensifying prevention, awareness and support services. The initiative, known as the ‘Campus…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (653+ words) The Inner Wheel Club District 912, Nigeria, has called on governments at all levels to create more opportunities for women to participate meaningfully in leadership and governance, saying women have demonstrated their capacity to deliver when given the opportunity. The call…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (554+ words) The First Lady of Bauchi State, Aishatu Mohammed, on Saturday commissioned a newly constructed National Health Insurance Scheme complex at the Bauchi State Specialist Hospital, describing the facility as a significant addition to the state’s healthcare infrastructure. The facility includes…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (258+ words) The Assembly of Health Care Professionals in Katsina State says its members will begin a seven-day warning strike from midnight on September 8 over unresolved demands. The assembly announced this in a notice jointly signed on Tuesday in Katsina by the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1572+ words) For residents of Gombe metropolis, the water crisis is not a matter of accounting terminology. It is measured in the early morning queues at boreholes, the cost of buying water from commercial vendors, the search for functioning public taps and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (462+ words) The Lagos State Government has called for stronger collaboration between the health and education sectors and other professionals to address the psychological, social and structural challenges confronting communities. The call was made at the 11th International Conference of Community Psychology hosted…...