The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says over 11,000 shops have been sealed and 40 individuals arrested in its ongoing nationwide clampdown on fake and substandard medicines. NAFDAC’s director-general, Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed to journalists in Lagos on Saturday that the enforcement was planned over a year as covert operations. NAFDAC, on 10 February, commenced enforcement …

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade has donated hospital equipment and consumables worth millions of Naira to the community health centre in the town. In a statement in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday, the Alaafin’s media aide, Mr. Bode Durojaiye said that the ultra-modern equipment was brought to the town on Friday and would be installed at …

Governments at all levels have been tasked to restore quality healthcare delivery in Nigeria by addressing the deplorable state of Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in urban and mostly rural areas. During a radio programme, Public Conscience, produced by the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG) on Wednesday in Abuja, a medical practitioner and other participants lamented the state of …

Members of the Association of Resident Doctors at University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan have embarked on an indefinite strike, an official said on Monday. The association’s General Secretary, Dr Uthman Adedeji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, Oyo State capital that the strike was due to a power outage in some of the hospital’s residential areas. …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been spearheading the fight against cervical cancer not just in the state, but Nigeria, and his efforts are yielding impressive results. One of the key strategies employed by his administration is the introduction of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into the state’s routine immunization schedule.  This move aims to tackle the increasing rate …

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has said ‘enough is enough’ to recalcitrant fake drug peddlers as two more massive warehouses full of fake and expired medicines were uncovered over the weekend in Aba, Abia State, and truckloads in Idumota-Lagos and Onitsha, Anambra State. Last week, the agency …

The Edo State Government has recorded 13 deaths from the outbreak of Lassa fever across the state. The Director, Public Health in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Stephenson Ojeifo, also said the state has confirmed three cases of Monkey pox (Mpox) but with no mortality. Speaking with Daily Trust at the weekend, Ojeifo said the state has recorded 83 …

In Nigeria, an unacknowledged crisis is escalating, as young persons, especially girls resort to selling their ovary eggs to survive economic hardship. This alarming practice has raised concerns among medical experts, gender rights activists, and policymakers who warn of its long-term health and ethical implications. The phenomenon, observed in various rural and some urban centers, is largely driven by poverty, …

The National Coordinator of the National Cancer Control Programme at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Uchechukwu Nwokwu has said that 7.2 per cent out of 127,000 cancer cases recorded annually in Nigeria are children. Nwokwu said this at the sideline of public enlightenment on childhood cancer commemorating 2025 International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) on Saturday in …

Africa’s aspirations for progress, economic growth, and social stability will remain difficult to achieve without a robust healthcare system that guarantees access to essential healthcare services for millions of Africans. At a high-kevel meeting on Domestic Health Financing in Africa, organised by Rwandan President, Paul Kagame on the margins of the 38th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nigeria’s First …