Thursday, October 29, 2026

Health

October 5, 2022

Malnutrition: Kaduna govt partners UNICEF, NAFDAC, others on nutrition intervention

The permanent secretary thanked all the partners for supporting nutrition activities to reduce the burden of malnutrition.

Malnourished children. [CREDIT: The Cable]
October 5, 2022

Morocco legalises cannabis production

Cannabis was already widely cultivated in Morocco illegally, and the new law, passed by the parliament in 2021, does not permit its use for recreation.

Cannabis farm
October 5, 2022

UNICEF decries inequity in Nigeria’s primary healthcare system

Mr Blanco said the country had been unable to bridge the disparities between the North and South, poor and rich, hence the inequity.

October 5, 2022

Abia varsity undergraduate gives birth to quintuplets amid ASUU strike

The rare birth comes as students in Nigerian public universities approach the eighth month of the pause in their education, owing to intractable ASUU strike.

October 5, 2022

I’m building biggest mental health home for drug addicts in Nigeria: Sanwo-Olu 

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says his government is currently building the biggest mental rehabilitation home in Nigeria.

October 5, 2022

PTSD: Army didn’t rehabilitate Buhari, I endured his mental issues for years, says president’s wife Aisha

“You can imagine myself at 19 years, handling somebody that went to war, suffered (a) coup d’état, then lost several elections, and, finally, getting to the Villa in 2015.”

Aisha Buhari and Buhari in Military Uniform
October 5, 2022

NCDC issues Ebola alert to Nigerians over Uganda EVD outbreak

The likelihood of “importation to Nigeria is high due to the increased air travel between Nigeria and Uganda, especially through Kenya’s Nairobi airport.”

Ebola Patients
October 4, 2022

Floods: WHO warns Pakistan on verge of health disaster

About $816 million is needed for rescue and relief in Pakistan, more than 2,000 people have died from floods and subsequent infections since mid-June.

Pakistan Flood
October 4, 2022

Health commissioners meet over primary health care financing

Health commissioners from across the country have concluded plans to hold a forum on the role of states in primary health care financing.

October 3, 2022

Benue NMA cautions youths against drug abuse, electoral violence

The association said drug abuse and vote-buying and selling have long-term negative effects on individuals and society.

Nigerian Medical Association