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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...

Tension escalates in Chimamanda Adichie’ son hospital death case as family toes legal line, rebuts Euracare statement

The controversy over the death of 21-month-old Nkanu Nnamdi Esege, son of acclaimed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Dr. Ivara Esege, has deepened after...

Euracare Hospital responds after Chimamanda Adichie alleges negligence in son’s death

Euracare Multispecialist Hospital has publicly responded to serious allegations of medical negligence made by internationally acclaimed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie following the death of...

What Chimamanda Adichie said about the death of her son

My son would be alive today if not for an incident at Euracare Hospital on January 6th. We were in Lagos for Christmas. Nkanu had...

Deputy Governor’s death: Bayelsa governor orders compulsory medical checks for exco members

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has directed the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Seiyefa Brisibe, to ensure that all members of the...

Blood on the altar, gold in the forest: How illegal mining is driving terror in Nigeria – the Kogi example

By Omotunde Omolehin & Usman Ozovehe Kogi West is once again counting its dead. Three worshippers abducted from an Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) service in Ayetoro-Kiri,...

FCT health insurance adds 33,000 new enrollees, surpasses target of 25,000

The FCT Administration says it has pushed its health insurance drive above the 2025 ministerial target, recording over 33,000 new enrollees into the FCT-Health...

NASS gives new directive on foreign grants amid invitation to EFCC, ICPC to probe of $4.6b grants

The Ministry of Health & Social Welfare and the country’s national grant coordination platform (the Country Coordinating Mechanism (Nigeria)) have been instructed to ensure...

Nationwide strike looms as resident doctors issue 19-point ultimatum

Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Monday unveiled a 19-point list of demands it says are “minimum expectations” to avert a full-scale, indefinite...

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