Health

By Deborah Nnamdi The federal government of Nigeria has said that cesarean sections will now be provided free of charge to women in need, as part of its efforts to reduce the country’s maternal mortality rate. This came as the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, launched…

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration has seized expired food and other items worth N87.5 from yet unnamed warehouse and supermarkets in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. NAFDAC’s officials uncovered the items in a warehouse in Zone 4, Wuse, Abuja, which Naija Daily News learnt is owned…

Harmful Chemical in the Batch of Nivea Can Cause: cancer 2. Harm unborn children 3. Cause skin irritation 4. Affect Reproductive organs The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a recall alert for Nivea BLACK & WHITE Invisible Roll-On Deodorant due to the presence…

By Deborah Nnamdi Tuberculosis is back to being the leading infectious disease killer across the globe, surpassing COVID-19, according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Nearly 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2023, which is the highest number ever recorded since the organization…

File Photo of NHS Nurses in the UK Some 700 Nigerian nurses in the United Kingdom are currently under investigation for alleged industrial-scale qualification fraud resulting from the computer-based tests done in Ibadan, Oyo State. The British Broadcast Network in a report on Monday, said some of the nurses could…

by Deborah Nnamdi A Consultant Pathologist, Dr Abidemi Omonisi, has revealed that Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, has recorded 300 child-cancer cases in one year. Omonisi made the revelation on Tuesday in Abuja at the in-country mission Programme Action for Cancer Therapy, impact, review. imPACT, a division of the International…

By Deborah Nnamdi, Port Harcourt A coalition of over 100 civil society actors, farmers, scientists, and academics representing 100 million Nigerian consumers has called on the government to discontinue plans to introduce genetically modified (GM) potatoes and ban GM crops altogether.  The demand was made in a press statement released…

By Deborah Sunday Nnamdi The Acting Executive Secretary of Rivers State Contributory Health Protection Programme (RIVCHPP), Dr Vetty Agala, has called on civil servants and student associations to develop programmes that improve their welfare, particularly in healthcare. RIVCHPP is touted by the state government as “a health insurance program, providing…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has warned striking resident doctors that it plans to stop their wages over the ongoing seven-day working strike. The warning strike was called by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to press home their demands for better working condition and the release of their…

NIGERIA: Downtrodden citizens of the world’s most populated black country now resort to selling blood and reproductive organs to make ends meet as President Bola Tinubu’s economic reform bites harder. Reforms by the current All Progressive Congress administration is pushing more families deeper below the poverty line, and the citizens…