A focus report, which highlights the opportunities for investors to contribute to the development of Nigeria’s health sector through bridging funding shortfalls for planned infrastructure projects and supporting other segments with high growth potential, has been produced and released by Oxford Business Group (OBG). OBG is a global research and advisory company with presence in over 30 countries, spanning Africa, …

A Canada-based Nigerian medical practitioner, Dr Ayokunle Fagbemigun is in the news for awful reasons. He has been found to have billed the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) for supposedly drug screening patients as young as nine-year-old. OHIP is the government-run health plan, which is paid through taxes. Toronto Sun reports that Dr Fagbemigun claimed he gave eight pregnancy tests …

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has apprehended a 32-year-old businessman, Obinna Igbo, for alleged importation and the sale of fake Amanta Forte, an unregistered anti-malarial drug. The suspect has been arraigned before a Federal High Court on four counts of unlawful importation, possession, sale, and distribution of fake Amanta Forte soft gel (Artemether …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denounced the claims of efficacy of IHP Detox tea for the cure of COVID-19 patients, which was purportedly made by the Chief Executive Officer of Bioresources Development and Conservative Programme, Prof. Maurice Iwu. In a statement by its Resident Media Consultant, Mr Sayo Akintola, in Abuja on Sunday, …

By Hajara Leman, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In spite various health facilities established by successive administrations in Gombe State, accessing healthcare has remained a nightmare in the state, especially for indigent ones. But the social health programme launched in 2021, by Governor Inuwa Yahaya, known as Gombe State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency, may bring the needed succour. The mandate …

Medical products manufactured in Nigeria will, in no time, become acceptable and usable worldwide with immense opportunities for the for both orthodox and traditional practitioners, the National Agency for Food, Drugs and Administration Control (NAFDAC) has assured. According to the agency’s Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Nigeria is not just celebrating its recent classification as Maturity Level 3 (ML3) Regulatory …

The Federal Government has lifted a nationwide midnight curfew and limitations on gatherings necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The government also cancelled other restrictions that came along with the anti-COVID-19 measures imposed in March 2020 to curb the spread of virus. A hint of this decision was given last week by the Head of the Technical Secretariat on COVID-19, Dr …

Nigeria has a ratio of one doctor to 5,000 patients as against one to 600, which the World Health Organisation recommends. According the Nigerian Medical Association, who announced these figures during its annual lecture on Monday, there is a deficit of 315,426 medical doctors to cater to the health needs of 215,266,984 people. The latest United Nations population data peg …

The use of face masks in public places is no longer mandatory, discretionary. And by 19th April or thereabouts, measured against COVID-19 may be further relaxed, if all goes well. In an interview with The Punch, Head of the Technical Secretariat on COVID-19, Dr Muktar Muhammed also said that Nigeria would stop demanding proof of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests from …

For the first time ever, Nigeria will join the world to commemorate the International Day for Happiness on 20th March. The special day, designated by the United Nations, will be marked by the Happiness Centre in Lagos and will have as headline guests Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, wife of the Lagos State Governor, and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji …