Biya Returns After 73 Days Amid Governance Questions
By Oluwakemi Kindness President Paul Biya has returned to Cameroon after spending 73 days abroad, ending an extended absence that fuelled renewed speculation about his health and raised questions over who was effectively running the country during his stay in Geneva. The 93-year-old president arrived in Yaoundé at about 4 p.m. GMT on Thursday from […]
Senate Orders Mandatory Stocking of Antidotes After Abuja Snakebite Death
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Senate has directed the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to develop and enforce national guidelines mandating minimum stock levels of essential antidotes and emergency medicines in public and private hospitals across Nigeria. The resolution followed a motion by Senator Idiat Adebule (APC, Lagos West), who warned that rising medical emergencies—snakebites, […]
Kpebi (Kobi) Residents Demand Hospital as Doctors Record High Blood Pressure, Malnutrition
By Oluwakemi Kindness Residents of Kpebi (Kobi) Community in the Asokoro area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on the government to establish a functional hospital in their locality after a free medical outreach exposed pressing health challenges among residents. The outreach, organised on Saturday by Democracy Radio in collaboration with Garki Hospital, […]
Increase Funding For PHCs, NGO Urges Governments
By Oluwakemi Kindness The need for increased funding for primary health care facilities across rural communities in Nigeria has again been advocated. The Eagle family foundation, a Non-governmental organisation NGO made the call in Abuja on Saturday while undertaking it’s field support service for the needy and vulnerable. The support included the provision of Maternal […]
Antimicrobial Resistance: Fleming Fund Project Trains Journalists and Stakeholders on Awareness
By Chinedu Echianu Stakeholders have begun the second phase of addressing the challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which has been identified as a global health crisis. This is because over ten million people are likely to die annually by 2050 if this crisis is not nipped in the bud as soon as possible. Antimicrobial […]
FG Approves Recruitment of 50 Doctors, 100 Nurses for Correctional Facilities
By: Sulyman Gobir President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the employment of 50 doctors and 100 nurses to improve healthcare services in correctional centers across Nigeria. The approval, conveyed through the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, is part of the government’s effort to enhance medical care for inmates. This development follows growing concerns […]