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Doctor Alleges Fake Appendicitis Surgeries Used to Defraud Patients Hospital operating theatre highlighting concerns over fake appendicitis surgeries

Mirian Gom February 24, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – A Canada-based Nigerian physician triggers widespread outrage after alleging that some doctors in Nigeria...

Africa CDC Halts US-Funded Hepatitis B Vaccine Trial Over Ethics Africa CDC officials discussing cancellation of hepatitis B vaccine trial

Oluwatobi Adu January 20, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Africa’s top public health agency halts a United States-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial in...

Ekiti Dismisses Surgeon Over Alleged Unauthorised Kidney Removal Ekiti State Ministry of Health briefing on EKSUTH investigation

Korede Abdullah December 20, 2025

ADO-EKITI, Nigeria – The Ekiti State Government dismisses a surgeon at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH)...

Jehovah’s Witness Cancer Patient Rejects Blood Transfusion Amid Donations Nigerian cancer patient AuntieEsther during hospital treatment

Mirian Gom December 6, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – A Nigerian cancer patient and social media personality, Mensah Omolola, popularly known on X...

“When Faith Closed the Door”: A Daughter’s Plea After Her Mother Chose Belief Over Blood Daughter in the Ette community holding her late mother’s photograph, symbolising the human toll of refusing blood transfusion.

Juliet Jacob November 22, 2025

On a humid evening in Ette, Enugu State, as the last traces of sunset washed the village...

Lawmakers Probe Doctors’ Private Practice During Work Hours House of Representatives debates and suspends WAEC’s planned CBT exams

Mirian Gom November 14, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s House of Representatives has on Thursday launched an investigation into the rising trend...

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