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Global health at risk as 70% of countries struggle with funding cuts - WHO

Nigeria, April 12 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised concerns over major disruptions in health services across the world, noting that 70 per cent of its country offices have observed ma... Read More


Nigeria to fine visa overstayers $15 daily

Nigeria, April 11 -- The Nigerian government has announced that travellers who overstay their visas will, from August, face a daily fine of $15 and risk a ban of up to five years from re-entering the ... Read More


Kadaria Ahmed launches scholarship scheme in honour of Rotimi Sankore

Nigeria, April 11 -- Nigerian journalist and media entrepreneur Kadaria Ahmed has established a scholarship scheme to support indigent students at Lagos State University (LASU) in honour of the late R... Read More


Health experts say only 40% of LGAs in Nigeria have qualified medical officers

Nigeria, April 9 -- Public health experts have raised concerns over Nigeria's primary healthcare system, revealing that only about 40 per cent of local government areas (LGAs) have medically qualified... Read More


Nigeria loses billions as 16,000 doctors exit in seven years-Minister

Nigeria, April 9 -- Nigeria has lost over 16,000 doctors in the last five to seven years, a situation that has cost the country billions of naira, according to the Coordinating Minister of Health and ... Read More


Meningitis: Nigeria receives vaccines to tackle fatal outbreak

Nigeria, April 5 -- Nigeria has received over one million doses of the pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) to combat the meningococcus C and W outbreak in northern Nigeria. The vacci... Read More


Ganduje to chair LASU convocation lecture, as 8,711 graduate

Nigeria, April 3 -- The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, will on 8 April serve as the chairman of the 28th convocation lec... Read More


BREAKING: NSCIA announces end of Ramadan 2025 in Nigeria, Eid is Sunday

Nigeria, March 30 -- The crescent moon for the Islamic month of Shawwal has been sighted in Nigeria, marking an end to the month of Ramadan, Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islam... Read More


BREAKING: Saudi Arabia announces end of Ramadan, Eid is Sunday

Nigeria, March 29 -- Saudi Arabia has announced that the crescent for the Islamic month of Shawwal has been sighted, marking an end to the month of Ramadan and that the Eid Al-Fitr festival will be ob... Read More


PT Health Watch: Why more young Nigerians are developing arthritis - Experts

Nigeria, March 28 -- Arthritis is widely perceived as a condition affecting only the elderly, but experts warn that an increasing number of young Nigerians are now being diagnosed with the disease. W... Read More