Health and wellness news
The National Council on Nutrition has set up a financing subcommittee, chaired by Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate, to deliver a 30-day roadmap on how to fund and track nutrition interventions nationwide.
The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) in Edo State has warned that it may carry out a mass burial of hundreds of bodies that have stayed unclaimed in its mortuary for more than two years. The hospital said 46
FUTA Teaching Hospital has called for stakeholder support to expand research, specialist care and workforce training, while addressing funding and startup challenges in Ondo State.
A regional report warns that synthetic drug markets are expanding rapidly across West Africa, straining health systems and security institutions and hitting young people hardest.
At a Ramadan lecture in Abeokuta, Sheikh Abdulfatai Raji As-Thaqofy said fasting should be valued for spiritual discipline and health benefits, while other speakers stressed integrity during economic hardship.
Distilling workers plan a protest at NAFDAC’s Lagos office as the Federal Government begins nationwide enforcement of the sachet alcohol ban, citing underage drinking and public-health risks.
NCDC said Lassa fever cases have spread across 18 states and 67 LGAs, with Bauchi, Ondo, Taraba, Edo and Benue recording most infections as the agency warned of rising risks to health workers.
The Medical and Dental Practitioners Investigation Panel suspended three doctors and flagged 10 others over the death of Chimamanda Adichie’s 21-month-old son, with disciplinary proceedings now moving to the tribunal stage.
NOA and NAFDAC have launched nationwide enforcement of Nigeria’s sachet alcohol ban, citing survey data that shows significant underage access and urging parents, retailers and communities to support compliance.
IRISE trained Nigerian journalists in Lagos on rights-based and evidence-led reporting on sexual and reproductive health, survivor protection and the suspended 2022 guideline.
NEMSAS said 33 states and the FCT now have emergency medical and ambulance structures, while calling for improved 112 functionality and a Good Samaritan law.
A Lagos coroner has fixed 14 April 2026 to begin hearing into the death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 21-month-old son, as cremation raises major evidence questions in the case.
