Health news from Nigeria: hospitals, doctors and nurses, disease outbreaks, NAFDAC alerts, health policy and patient care.
The Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics, NAMDA, has announced plans to embark on a three-day warning strike beginning Tuesday, September 1, 2026. The strike is expected to affect medical schools…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and nine states on heightened Ebola surveillance following an outbreak…
Nigeria has been placed on high alert over the possible importation of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), following ongoing outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…
A nurse in Enugu State, Joy Ezeugwu, is being questioned by police following her arrest over a viral video highlighting poor working conditions at a public…
A fresh case of COVID-19 has been recorded in Nigeria. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the case was recorded in Cross River State.…
Residents of Abuja’s AMAC districts, particularly in Dape and surrounding areas, are raising alarms over severe dust pollution stemming from the ongoing dualization project on the…
The Plateau State Government has confirmed the deaths of three additional persons from Lassa fever, intensifying concerns over the spread of the disease in the state.…
A Nigerian-born nurse, Chimzuruoke Okembunachi, has been stripped of her nursing registration in Australia after a tribunal found that she repeatedly slept during night shifts at…
