28.8 C
Lagos
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

CATEGORY

Health

LAUGHTER

By Ibrahim Zaure Gwanto “A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.” PROVERBS 15:13 Good, wholesome laughter is...

Against the Clock: How Award-Winning State House Doctor’s Resolve Saved a Baby’s Life

In a system often strained by limitations, moments of extraordinary humanity still emerge—quietly, decisively, and with life-changing impact. One such moment belongs to Dr....

Post-Easter Gift: Doctors Declares Indefinite Strike as Nigeria’s Fragile Health System Faces Fresh Disruption

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced an indefinite nationwide strike set to begin at 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2026,...

Can Dyslexia Be Cured?

By Chinelo Ngolikaego Ezigbo At the launch of the Joe Ezigbo Foundation, where I serve as a Board of Trustees member with a focus on...

Traded Before Birth: The silent trauma of Nigeria’s ‘money wives’

By Lillian Okenwa The stench in the ward at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital that afternoon in 2005 was carefully contained, but nothing could...

The Woman Who Was The Neighbourhood Clock

My name's Pauline. I'm 69. For fifteen years, I walked the same route every morning. Out my door at 6:45 a.m., down Elm Street,...

Nigeria’s Early Rush for Twice-Yearly HIV Shot Signals Shift in Prevention Behaviour

Even before its official nationwide debut, Nigeria is already witnessing an unusual surge in demand for Lenacapavir—a twice-yearly HIV prevention injection that could reshape...

A $1 Trillion Economy Needs a $1 Trillion Health Vision

By Agbor Neji Ebuta, MD In 1986, one of my uncles graduated as a medical doctor. Our extended family gathered in Ikom, Cross River State,...

MDCN Suspends Three Doctors as Prima Facie Medical Negligence Found in Death of Chimamanda Adichie’s Son

In a move that reignites public scrutiny over medical standards in Nigeria’s private healthcare sector, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has...

Over N98bn Injected into Nigeria’s Primary Health Sector – Tinubu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has disclosed that over N98 billion was disbursed last year to strengthen primary healthcare delivery across Nigeria, marking one of...

Latest news