Federal Government has approved the establishment of a Community-Based National Social Action Fund Taskforce to drive grassroots development and accelerate socio-economic improvements across Nigeria’s 8,804 wards. The initiative, approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, will deploy community-driven interventions tailored to local needs, with each ward engaging a verified...
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NNPC Foundation Limited/Gte, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of NNPC Ltd. has won the CSR Champion Award (Health) 2025 instituted by the Independent Newspapers. The award was presented during the Silver Jubilee edition of the Independent Newspapers Awards, themed “Game Changers: Breaking Barriers and Shaping Tomorrow,” held at...
A major new international study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, one of the world’s leading medical journals, has revealed that Nigeria carries the highest burden of sickle cell disease (SCD) globally, with an estimated over 1.5 million children under the age of 15 living with the...
Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Hospital Management Board (HMB), Borno State, has praised Governor Babagana Zulum for what it described as comprehensive reforms and sustained investment in the state’s health sector. The association’s stance was expressed during a press conference led by its State Chairman, Dr. Musa Karaji Modu,...
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described Nigeria as a “disgraced country,” citing poor healthcare funding and misplaced national priorities as the world marked World Health Day. In a strongly worded post shared on X, Obi called for urgent reforms in Nigeria’s healthcare sector, lamenting that the...
A historic Memorandum of Agreement signals renewed commitment to tackling SRHR, SGBV, and adolescent health challenges The Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN), and the Media, Health and Rights Initiative of Nigeria (MHR), have signed a landmark Memorandum of Agreement (MoA), uniting two of Nigeria’s foremost public...
For decades, Nigeria’s civil society—comprising self-styled “concerned” academics, activists, public intellectuals, and student voices—has positioned itself as the conscience of the nation. It has consistently lamented the state of Nigeria’s politics, education, infrastructure, and governance. Yet, beneath this posture of moral authority lies a troubling pattern of contradictions, selective outrage,...
The Regional Community Health Policy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), was formally launched by the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), in Cotonou, on March 24, 2026. Held at the Sofitel Hotel in the capital of Benin Republic, the ceremony brought together government representatives, technical and...
Nigerian health workers under the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations staged a protest in Abuja on Thursday, opposing a controversial bill currently before the National Assembly seeking to repeal the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act. The bill, identified as HB 2695, has...
A wave of grief has swept through families and residents in Kano following the heartbreaking death of Hafsat Yusuf, who passed away just hours after delivering quintuplets at Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital. Hafsat Yusuf had successfully given birth to five babies — three boys and two girls — on...
Professor of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Pwaveno Huladeino Bamaiyi, has called for a coordinated national programme to tackle brucellosis in Nigeria, warning that the disease continues to spread quietly among both humans and animals. He made this appeal while delivering the University of Jos’ 119th inaugural lecture,...
Nigeria has taken a decisive step toward health sector independence, announcing a major shift to domestic financing alongside the rollout of a breakthrough HIV prevention tool positioning the country at the forefront of global efforts to end tuberculosis (TB) and HIV. Backed by the President Tinubu led Administration, the...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), will officially launch the ECOWAS Regional Community Health Policy (RCHP) on March 24, 2026 at the Sofitel Hotel in Cotonou, Benin. This high-level event will bring together political and health authorities, representatives of ECOWAS...
Held from 9th–13th February 2026Muhammad Indimi Conference Centre, University of Maiduguri, Borno State. Conference Theme:“ Healing in the Crossfire: Delivering Health Services in Conflict and Crisis.” PREAMBLEThe Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN) convened its 42nd Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference in Maiduguri, Borno State, bringing...
The West African Health Organisation (WAHO), a specialised institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has organised a five-day Regional Workshop on the Implementation of the Automated Sharing of Routine Health Information Data – Phase 1. Currently holding in Cotonou, Benin Republic, the regional workshop brings...
A high-level working meeting was held in Abidjan between the Director-General of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), Dr Melchior Athanase Joël Codjovi AÏSSI, and Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage, Mr Pierre N’Gou DIMBA. This meeting, as learnt, is part of the implementation...
Akwa Ibom Health Insurance Agency has pledged readiness to expand coverage to tertiary institutions of higher learning in a bid to provide accessible healthcare services to all. The insurance scheme launched in 2024 has so far enrolled more than 180,000 people in Akwa Ibom State. Executive Secretary of the...
Director-General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Kelechi Ohiri, has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to expanding health insurance coverage across the country following a high-level visit by the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Ohiri, on Friday, received a delegation led by the WHO Representative to Nigeria, Dr....
Nigeria has called for a continental shift towards health security sovereignty in Africa aimed at moving the continent from reliance on foreign aids to self-sufficient, homegrown health systems. This, according to Vice President Kashim Shettima, has become a matter of necessity to ensure the health of Africans is not...