First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has urged state governors and council chairmen to consider effective healthcare delivery as a right deserved by the people and not a privilege that should only be given to special citizens of the country. Tinubu noted that the Federal Government under her husband’s watch considered the health and well-being of Nigerians...
In a significant push toward universal health coverage, the Lagos State Government has inaugurated the Management Committee (ManCo) of the Lagos Private Health Partnership (LPHP), officially activating the implementation phase of Executive Order EO/BOS/01/2024, which mandates compulsory health insurance for all residents of Lagos State. The inauguration marked the beginning of a bold era in...
In a decisive clampdown on organized crime, the Oyo State Police Command has dismantled a major human-trafficking syndicate operating in Ibadan, rescuing no fewer than 84 victims from the suspects in the state. The victims, who were teenage girls, were held in captivity in various locations within the city by the suspected traffickers. As gathered,...
No fewer than 366 patients diagnosed by medical experts of contracting Lassa fever and meningitis diseases have been confirmed dead by the Federal Government in the country. Among the states, the most affected from the 24 identified by the Federal Government through Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) includes Edo, Ondo, and Benue,...
In a bold move to strengthen the healthcare sector in Osun State, the Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has commissioned a new set of modern medical equipment distributed across state and local government hospitals, with the aim to stop medical tourism abroad. He noted that the provision of cutting-edge medical technology will significantly boost the capacity of...
A group of aggrieved nurses under the employment of the Ondo State Hospital Management Board (HMB) staged a peaceful protest in Akure, kicking against the state government delay in implementing 2022 Conversion for the workers. Marching under the platform Concerned Nurses of the 2022 HMB Conversion Exercise, the protesters expressed deep frustration over the state’s...
Medical services across public hospitals in Cross River State have been severely disrupted following an industrial action embarked upon by nurses at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, following the arrest and detention of three of their members by the Nigerian Police. The decision to embark on an industrial action started after the law enforcement...
Passionate on reducing maternal mortality rate in Nigeria, the Wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu, has donated professional medical kits to nurses and midwives in public hospitals to enhance healthcare service delivery across Lagos State. The items comprising scrubs and Crocs were distributed to the nurses and midwives across the 300 healthcare facilities providing medical...
The Kano State Government has vowed to go after health workers misappropriating medical supplies and drugs while pledging strict consequences for anyone found engaging in such misconduct. It stated that actions of the medical experts across the hospitals have affected the government efforts to boost the standard of healthcare in the state. This warning was...
Babies and nursing mothers were reported to have escaped unhurt during a fire disaster that swept through the Ifako-Ijaiye general hospital, destroying property worth millions of Naira in Lagos State. During the fire disaster recorded inside the medical facility in Ifeko-Ijaiye Local Government, medical services were reported to have been halted with the nurses and...