Pate Decries Rising Cancer Cases as Disease Kills 80,000 Annually, Oncology Centre Launched in Katsina

Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, has raised alarm over the country’s soaring cancer burden, revealing that cancers cause around 80,000 deaths each year out of an estimated 127,000 annual cases. Speaking at the commissioning of a new oncology centre at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, Professor Pate said non-communicable diseases such as…

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Lagos Medicine Dealers Protest Drug Hub Hijack

Korede Abdullah in Lagos The National Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers (NAPPMED) has accused an unnamed cartel of hijacking the Lagos Coordinated Wholesale Centre (CWC), originally designed to regulate drug distribution in the state. Chairman of NAPPMED Liberation Zone Idumota, Osita Nwajide, raised the alarm during a rally on Friday, stating, “We paid…

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RCCG Overseer Adeboye Donates Dialysis Centre to OAUTHC, Ilesa

General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and his wife, Pastor Folu Adeboye, on Thursday donated a dialysis centre to Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC) Wesley Guild, Ilesa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the facility, donated to mark Pastor Folu Adeboye’s 77th birthday, was…

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Kano Begins Mass Malaria Prevention Campaign across 44 LGAs

Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Kano State Government will tomorrow, Saturday, July 26, 2025, launch a four-day integrated malaria prevention campaign targeting children under five across all 44 local government areas. The campaign combines Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) with the mass distribution of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), aiming to protect millions of children during the peak…

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US U-Turns, Offers Continued Support for Nigeria’s Disease Response

The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has pledged continued collaboration with Nigerian health agencies to tackle infectious disease outbreaks. In a statement, on Friday, the CDC said: “Whether it’s Lassa fever, cholera, diphtheria, yellow fever, or meningitis, we continue to work with Nigerian public health experts and agencies to help the…

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Kano Records 576 Maternal Deaths, Says CHRICED, Trains CSOs, Journalists on Healthcare

Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) on Thursday trained civil society organizations and media practitioners in Kano to step up advocacy for the full implementation of the Free Maternal and Child Healthcare (FMNCH) Law. The one-day workshop focused on building participants’ capacity for data-driven advocacy, grassroots mobilization,…

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30 Million Children Miss Vital Vaccines, WHO Warns

Korede Abdullah in Lagos Over 30 million children worldwide miss out on completing their full course of life-saving vaccines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed. “In 2024 alone, 60 countries saw significant measles outbreaks — nearly double the number in 2022,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus during an online briefing on global health….

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