Nigeria Healthcare

Doctor Alleges Fake Appendicitis Surgeries Used to Defraud Patients

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Doctor Alleges Fake Appendicitis Surgeries Used to Defraud Patients

Mirian Gom February 24, 2026 0

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

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Foundation Sounds Alarm on Failing Neonatal Care, Targets Public Hospitals

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Foundation Sounds Alarm on Failing Neonatal Care, Targets Public Hospitals

Mirian Gom February 24, 2026 0

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Joyce Ojemudia Foundation (JOF) warns that Nigeria’s persistently high neonatal mortality rate is...

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Nigeria Plans Military Medical College to Fix Doctor Shortage

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Nigeria Plans Military Medical College to Fix Doctor Shortage

Oluwafunbi Bello February 21, 2026 0

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government unveils plans to establish an Armed Forces College of Medicine and...

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Nigeria Performs First Robotic Surgery for Women in West Africa

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Nigeria Performs First Robotic Surgery for Women in West Africa

Korede Abdullah January 26, 2026 0

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria records a medical milestone as doctors perform the first robotic gynaecological surgery in...

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Nigeria’s Healthcare on the Brink: Regulation, Strikes and the Deadly Trade in Fake Drugs

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Nigeria’s Healthcare on the Brink: Regulation, Strikes and the Deadly Trade in Fake Drugs

Koko Maxwella January 18, 2026 0

ABUJA, Nigeria – When Nigerian regulators rolled out convoys to seal off the country’s largest open drug...

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Nationwide Health Shutdown Looms as JOHESU Begins Indefinite Strike Today

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Nationwide Health Shutdown Looms as JOHESU Begins Indefinite Strike Today

Mirian Gom November 15, 2025 0

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s healthcare system faces fresh turmoil as the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and...

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Hospitals in Crisis as Tinubu Orders Immediate End to Resident Doctors’ Strike

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Hospitals in Crisis as Tinubu Orders Immediate End to Resident Doctors’ Strike

Mirian Gom November 3, 2025 0

ABUJA, Nigeria – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare...

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Dying Too Soon: Why Nigerians Struggle to Live Beyond 54 Years

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Dying Too Soon: Why Nigerians Struggle to Live Beyond 54 Years

Korede Abdullah October 26, 2025 0

ABUJA, NIGERIA — In the heart of Africa’s most populous nation, a quiet emergency is unfolding —...

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Only 300 Psychiatrists Treat 200m Nigerians – NAFDAC Warns

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Only 300 Psychiatrists Treat 200m Nigerians – NAFDAC Warns

Mirian Gom October 18, 2025 0

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria currently has only 300 psychiatrists serving a population of more than 200 million...

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 Kano Expands Hypertension Care to 208 Health Centres

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 Kano Expands Hypertension Care to 208 Health Centres

Hussaini Ibrahim October 4, 2025 0

KANO, Nigeria – The Kano State Government has expanded hypertension treatment services to 208 Primary Health Care...

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