The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Federal Health Institutions Sector (NANNM-FHI) has issued a seven-day strike notice to the Federal Government, demanding improved welfare, fair allowances, and better working conditions for nurses nationwide. The notice, jointly signed by National Secretary, Nurse Enya Osinachi, and National President, Nurse Morakinyo-Olajide Rilwan, was released in Abuja…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has expressed concern about the exodus of 30 medical doctors from Jigawa due to poor remuneration. Dr Usman Haruna, the Chairman of the association in the state, said this at a news conference on Monday in Dutse. He said the doctors were exiting the state service at an alarming rate…
The Government of Kaduna State has launched the Girl Effect Oya Campaign, a multi-sectoral initiative aimed at empowering adolescent girls through preventative healthcare and improved nutrition. Unveiled at a ceremony in the state capital, the campaign marks a major milestone in Kaduna’s public health efforts: over 754,000 girls aged between 9 and 14 have now…
Health authorities in central Nigeria have launched emergency measures following a deadly cholera outbreak in Niger State, where at least 12 people have died and over 230 others have been hospitalised in recent days. The outbreak, which began over the weekend in Shiroro Local Government Area, has since spread to six districts, including parts of…
Nigerian experts in psychiatry, neurosurgery, and child neurology are urging urgent reforms as suicide and traumatic brain injury devastate the nation’s youth and cripple its workforce. During a webinar on Wednesday by the Child Neurology Society of Nigeria, experts warned that suicide and brain trauma are silent epidemics threatening Nigeria’s development and youth. Prof Taiwo…
The Sokoto State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr Zayyana Abubakar, says the government will collaborate with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other partners to implement data-driven programmes in the state. Zayyana said this on Tuesday in Sokoto at a two-day capacity-strengthening workshop organised by the ministry in collaboration with UNICEF. He…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it recovered large quantities of banned Tramadol and opium pills during separate raids conducted over the past four days across four states. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the agency’s operatives carried out the raids between…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has recovered no fewer than 722,875 pills of opioids in Taraba, Kano, Kogi, Gombe, Borno and Kaduna states respectively. The Director, Media and Advocacy,NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives in Borno state on Saturday, July 12 arrested…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has destroyed no fewer than 28,000 kilograms of skunk, a local strain of cannabis, on three farms in Edo. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the drugs which were destroyed on Tuesday,…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has provided healthcare and other humanitarian services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue. The agency has so far supported 10 safe deliveries at the International Market IDP Camp in Makurdi, Benue, and attended to more than 368 pregnant women who came for antenatal care visits. UNFPA Humanitarian/Sexual and…
