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, 22+ hour ago   (1034+ words) Aesthetic medicine and dermatology physician, Dr Mobola Savage, has warned that non-surgical penis enlargement procedures involving injectable fillers are not risk-free following the death of Nigerian-British businessman and social media influencer, Igho Ubiribo. Savage, who was reacting to reports of…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (627+ words) Residents and business owners along the Idimu-Ejigbo Road in Lagos State have raised the alarm over a six-month-old refuse heap on the road median, saying the decomposing waste has subjected them to offensive odours and environmental hazards. The refuse, located…...

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, 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, 1+ day ago   (651+ words) A 43-year-old Nigerian-British businessman and social media influencer, Igho Ubiribo, has died after undergoing a penis enlargement procedure during a holiday in Thailand. According to the Daily Mail on Saturday, a UK coroner ruled that the cosmetic procedure caused a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (863+ words) Using ambulances meant for living patients to convey corpses for burial could increase the risk of disease transmission and trigger outbreaks, particularly when the deceased died from infectious diseases, public health experts have said. The specialists explained that the bodies…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (763+ words) The Oyo State Government, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund and Value Female Network Africa, has commenced the Gender Transformative Positive Parenting Programme 1.0. The programme began with a two-day training for community facilitators held on September 2 and 3, 2026, in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (237+ words) The Gbolekero Women Empowerment and Development Organisation, with support from the Global Greengrants Fund, has trained 60 women and persons with disabilities in Gelegele Community of Edo State in sustainable agriculture and environmental protection. She stressed the importance of organic inputs…...

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…...