Expert advocates citizen-focused new health system for Nigeria

Emeritus Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe has called for a new health system that is tailored to the needs of the ordinary man in the street

Why Nigerians defecate publicly

Special report on why improved public awareness is not enough to reduce public defecation in Nigeria

First aid tips to save accident victims

The first few minutes of a medical emergency are always critical, but nearly two thirds of us admit we wouldn’t know what to do

Study identifies risk factors associated with neonatal deaths in Nigeria

A new study has identified risk factors associated with neonatal deaths in Nigeria using the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey

Doctors call for Lassa fever treatment centers in south east Nigeria

The South East zonal caucus of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has enjoined the Nigerian government to establish health centres and facilities where Lassa fever patients could be treated and managed

Doctors' sack is in Nigeria's best interest - government

The Nigerian government has revealed that its decision to suspend the Residency Training Programme in the health sector was done in the overall interest of all Nigerians.

Nigerian government sacks resident doctors

Nigerian government yesterday (Thursday) announced indefinite suspension of residency training programme for doctors in the country.

Nigeria's health ministry confirms 75 dead in bus station bombing

The toll from a massive explosion at a busy bus station in Nigeria's capital rose to 75 dead Tuesday and is expected to grow. There has been no claim of responsibility for the rush-hour blast, though President Goodluck Jonathan is blaming the attack on Islamic extremists.

Health professionals kick against passage of National Health Bill

Members of the Foundation for African Cultural Heritage have said the provisions in the newly revised 2014 National Health Bill are against the ethics of the health profession. 

Vital health indices are improving in Nigeria - FG

Nigerian government has stated that the impact of its healthcare policies and programmes have greatly manifested in the improvement on some of our vital health indices, particularly the infant and maternal mortality.

Nigeria to spend more on presidential clinic's elite wing than on two federal teaching hospitals

The federal government of Nigeria will spend more money on the construction of an elite wing of the presidential clinic in Aso Rock Abuja than it would spend on the entire developmental projects of two federal university teaching hospitals.

Homosexuals will be severely affected by Nigeria's ani-gay lway - UNAIDS

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said the controversial anti-gay law that the Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan signed into law could affect access to HIV services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

Nigerian health workers to sue FG over Surgeon-General appointment

Health workers in the nation's tertiary health institutions have threatened to employ all options available to them, including legal action, to thwart President Goodluck Jonathan's decision to appoint a surgeon-general of the federation.