“The six area councils—Abuja Municipal, Gwagwalada, Kuje, Bwari, Abaji, and Kwali—have yet to achieve open defecation-free (ODF) status, despite national targets and ongoing campaigns”. In Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the capital city of Abuja stands as a symbol of the nation’s aspirations for modernity and progress. Yet, beneath this veneer of development lies…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the 17th Summit of Heads of State and Government for the BRICS economic bloc, with a focus on health, climate change, and artificial intelligence governance. In a statement issued on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, it was…
The Federal University of Lafia has called for greater collaboration between traditional healers and modern health practitioners to strengthen Nigeria’s healthcare system. At its second webinar series organised by the Centre for Cultural Studies on Wednesday in Lafia, Nasarawa State, scholars and experts emphasised the need to scientifically validate indigenous medicinal practices for safety and…
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has expressed displeasure over the troubling return of counterfeit and substandard medications in the country, cautioning that Nigeria may be heading back to the hazardous period of the late 1990s when counterfeit drugs were widespread. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Association ahead of its…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has confirmed a diarrhoea outbreak at the Government Girls Senior and Junior Secondary School, Kawo, affecting 81 students, with 15 hospitalised. The state epidemiologist, Jeremiah Diako, who led the Rapid Response Team, said the affected students were aged between 16 and 17. “All hospitalised students…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos Resident doctors at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, have vowed to begin a one-week warning strike over what they describe as intolerable welfare conditions. “The congress resolved that the association shall embark on a one-week warning strike commencing 8 am on Monday, July 7, 2025, and will proceed on an…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has rejected the Federal Government’s proposed new salary structure for medical doctors, calling it “unjust, unprofessional and dangerous for Nigeria’s fragile healthcare system.” Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, the Lagos NMA Chairman, Dr. Babajide Saheed, said, “After extensive review…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Edo State Government has confirmed that 28 people have died from recent outbreaks of Lassa fever, diphtheria, and yellow fever across the state. Briefing journalists in Benin City, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Cyril Oshiomhole, said, “We have recorded 137 confirmed cases of Lassa fever with 24 deaths, two confirmed…
Zambia declared an end to a cholera outbreak on Thursday, after five consecutive weeks without recording a new case. Health Minister Elijah Muchima applauded health care workers, rapid response teams and communities for their vigilance in efforts that exceed the international threshold of 28 consecutive days with no new confirmed case of the disease nationwide….
In this insightful special report, Korede Abdullah, Africa Health Report’s Southwest correspondent, takes you inside the storm engulfing Nigeria’s oldest psychiatric hospital—where a fierce struggle for leadership has turned quiet wards into tense battlegrounds, pitting doctors against unions, rules against power, and leaving vulnerable patients caught in the middle of a crisis that tests the…
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