MSF: 425,634 Nigerian Children Treated for Malnutrition in 2025
ABUJA, Nigeria – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, treated 425,634 children for acute malnutrition in northern Nigeria in 2025,…
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When Custody Becomes A Death Sentence: Inside Nigeria’s Detention Health Crisis
LAGOS, Nigeria – What happens when a person enters state custody—and emerges with their health broken, or never emerges at all? The deaths of…
Pate Calls Pharmacists Key to Nigeria’s Healthcare System
ABUJA, Nigeria – Pharmacists have an expanding role in Nigeria’s healthcare system, from medicine supply and dispensing to preventive care, chronic disease management and…
Delta Opens Cottage Hospital, Launches Free Medical Outreach for Residents
ASABA, Nigeria – The Delta State Government has inaugurated a newly completed cottage hospital in Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area, while simultaneously launching…
Enugu Warns Against Junk Food, Self-Medication Amid Rise in Kidney Disease
ENUGU, Nigeria – The Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Prof. George Ugwu, has warned residents against unhealthy diets, obesity and indiscriminate drug use, describing…
Electricity Now One of Biggest Costs of Running Hospitals
LAGOS, Nigeria – Healthcare operators have warned that rising electricity tariffs and increasing operating costs are placing hospitals under severe financial pressure, with the…
Tinubu Urges Diaspora Doctors to Return Home
ABUJA, Nigeria – President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerian doctors practising abroad to return home and help rebuild the country’s healthcare system, saying…
Ondo Doctors Threaten Strike Over Poor Welfare, Staffing Crisis Deepens
AKURE, Nigeria – Doctors under the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Ondo State warn of possible industrial action over worsening welfare conditions and staffing…
Solar Power Boosts Healthcare Delivery in Rivers, Akwa Ibom Communities
ABUJA, Nigeria – Reliable electricity is transforming primary healthcare delivery in parts of Nigeria, as solar-powered systems improve maternal care, immunisation and emergency response…
NARD Backs Lokoja Hospital CMD, Welcomes Staff Reinstatement
LOKOJA, Nigeria – The National Association of Resident Doctors backs new leadership at Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja, welcoming staff reinstatement as a breakthrough in…