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Stakeholders Seek Private Sector Role in Maternal Health Reforms
Stakeholders in Nigeria's health sector have called for stronger collaboration between government, the private sector and development partners to accelerate maternal health reforms and expand healthcare financing nationwide. The call…
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Akpabio Reject Acting President Claims, Insist Tinubu Still in Charge
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has firmly rejected claims that he is Nigeria’s Acting President during…
NAFDAC Places Mofus Nigeria Products on Watchlist Amid Probes
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has placed products manufactured…
FG Confirms Tinubu’s Return Tuesday, Says is Hale and Hearty
In a bid to quell growing speculation about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s health, the Presidency…
NBA Urges Politicians to Embrace Legal Channels, Reject Violence
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged political actors in Kaduna State to seek legal…
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Tinubu Creates National Health Technology Office, Names Adigwe Coordinator
ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu has established the National Health Technology Office and appointed Dr Obi Adigwe as its coordinator.…
NCDC Opposes Bill Creating New National Public Health Institute
Lawmakers want a new public health body. Nigeria's existing disease control agency says that would make things worse, not better.…
Youth Resident Doctors Begin Strike After Pay Talks Collapse
Talks failed. Patients are now the ones paying the price. Resident doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in…
Health Advocates for Genotype Screening Before Marriage
A single blood test before marriage. Advocates say it could spare countless Nigerian families from a lifetime of preventable suffering.…
Nigeria Begins Production of Advanced HIV and Hepatitis Test Kits
Ninety-nine per cent of Nigeria's diagnostic tools have come from abroad. That number is about to start changing. Nigeria has…
Senate Flags Outbreak Preparedness as Disease Burden Grows
Lawmakers have seen enough. The Senate is now warning that Nigeria's outbreak response system is not as strong as it…
Nigeria Sets Up Presidential Task Force as Ebola Threat Raises Fresh Concerns
The Federal Government has established a Presidential Task Force on Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness and Emerging Public Health Threats as…
Former Nigerian Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke Acquitted of Bribery Charges in London
A Southwark Crown Court in London has acquitted former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, of six counts of…
