The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has partnered with the Novo Nordisk Foundation to boost public health workforce capacity for Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) surveillance in 10 African Union (AU) member states. The initiative, launched via webinar on Wednesday during the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), will run from June 2025…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $912 million over the next three years to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, urging governments to make bold decisions that could save millions of lives. Announcing the pledge at the 2025 Goalkeepers event on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly…
Nigeria’s Health Minister Ali Pate on Monday praised Dr Bello Suleiman, outgoing Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, for steering the institution to what he called “one of the best among its contemporaries.” Speaking through a representative at a reception organised by the Hambali Family Union, Pate said Suleiman’s eight-year tenure…
Healthcare delivery in Abuja has been thrown into turmoil as resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory commenced an indefinite strike on Monday, citing government inaction over persistent welfare and systemic issues. The Association of Resident Doctors, FCTA (ARD-FCTA), said the action followed months of unmet demands, despite a seven-day ultimatum issued on 28 August…
Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency has intercepted 100,000 tramadol pills and destroyed nearly 17 tonnes of cannabis in nationwide operations, officials said on Sunday. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said a suspect was arrested in Kano on 8 September with the tramadol consignment. Other seizures in the state included 196 litres of Akuskura, an emerging…
Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency has uncovered a factory in Lagos producing “skuchies,” a psychoactive cocktail made from cannabis and blackcurrant drink, in a sweeping series of nationwide raids. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced that the 11 September raid in Ikorodu yielded more than 6,000 bottles of the illicit drink and over four tonnes…
Nigeria’s fight against climate change has received a boost with a £19 million (approx. $24 million) funding package from the United Kingdom to strengthen vital health and education infrastructure. The investment, channelled through the Climate Resilient Infrastructure for Basic Services (CRIBS) initiative, will provide 39 health centres and 45 schools built to withstand flooding, droughts,…
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to providing sustainable electricity to Nigeria’s health sector, warning that unreliable supply is undermining care delivery. At the first National Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Power in the Health Sector in Abuja, Tinubu—represented by SGF George Akume—said the government was expanding solar and hybrid systems, advancing decentralised energy reforms,…
Doctors in Nigeria’s capital have begun a week-long warning strike, pressing for sweeping reforms in a health system they say is near collapse due to years of neglect. The Association of Resident Doctors, FCT Administration (ARD-FCTA), said hospitals in the territory face dire shortages of staff and equipment, compounded by unpaid entitlements and poor working…
At least 30 disadvantaged Nigerians will receive free plastic and reconstructive surgeries in Sokoto this week, under a humanitarian health initiative launched by the Kindred Health Surgical Foundation. The outreach, which runs until 12 September at Noma Specialist Hospital, is being carried out in collaboration with US surgeon Dr Dave Shaye of Project Life Foundation,…
