The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has firmly denied reports of “massive cuts” to its humanitarian support for Nigeria, particularly in response to worsening food and nutrition insecurity. The EU’s reaction comes after Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders,…
The United States Mission in Nigeria has issued a stern warning to visa applicants against travelling to the US with the primary intention of giving birth in order to secure American citizenship for their child. In a statement posted on its official website on Monday, the mission said consular officers would deny visa applications if…
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…
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…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has unveiled Solution Providers to support the implementation of Phase II of its pharmaceutical traceability pilot for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health and Nutrition products. In a statement issued by the agency on Friday, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, described the move…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has debunked rumours circulating on social media alleging that it shut down the manufacturing facility of Tummy Tummy noodles in Anambra State and imposed a ban on tinned tomatoes and Maggi seasoning cubes. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Agency described the viral…
Unease calm Tuesday envelops the ambience of the Nigeria’s National Assembly complex with heightened security as Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan arrived to resume her legislative duties, despite warnings from Senate authorities not to return. Supporters of the Kogi Central senator gathered at the entrance of the complex to welcome her, while security operatives carried out thorough…
Suspended Nigerian Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has vowed to return to the Senate on Tuesday despite warnings from the upper chamber that no valid court order mandates her reinstatement. “I will be there, because the court did make the decision on that,” she said in her hometown of Ihima. “I have written to the Senate again…
Medical practitioners under the Federal Capital Territory branch of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) have put an end to their three-month-long strike, attributing the decision to what they termed the firm intervention of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. Doctors have therefore been directed to resume duties immediately while negotiations…
Amidst Nigeria’s records of over 8,000 cervical cancer deaths annually, representing the highest toll in Africa and the seventh highest worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), experts are urging the country to include boys in its human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme to halt the disease’s spread. The experts called for the inclusion of…
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