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Private Hospitals Seek Inclusion in Electricity Tariff Subsidy The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners has appealed to the Federal Government to include private hospitals in its electricity...

NPC Begins Free Birth Registration Exercise in Delta The National Population Commission (NPC) has commenced a free birth registration exercise for children between the ages of zero and...

NEC Sets Up Committee to Eradicate Polio The national economic council (NEC) on Wednesday set up a committee on eradicating circulating polioviruses in Nigeria. On August 25, 2020, the...

Nigeria Must Invest in Data to Improve Healthcare – Bill Gates Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Gates Foundation, says Nigeria must use data to improve its...

Primary Healthcare can Address 90% of Diseases – UNICEF The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Primary Health Care is important and it is the cornerstone of the...

Lagos Initiates Process to Establish Drug Manufacturing Agency The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state has initiated a process to establish a drug...

How Buttock Enlargement Doctor Got Arrested A Lagos-based buttock-enlargement doctor, Idara Bassey, who was declared wanted in connection with the death of a 36-year-old woman during a buttock...

Engaging Traditional and Religious Leaders for Effective Public Health Campaigns in Nigeria By Chinedu Moghalu  In a country as vast, diverse and complex as Nigeria, achieving widespread success...

Bill Gates Reveals Nigeria as Largest Beneficiary of Foundation's Aid in Africa In an exclusive interview with journalists at the 2024 NutriVision Dialogue on Tuesday in Abuja, Bill...

Kebbi State: Hospitals get Ambulances to Ease Patients’ Referral The Kebbi State Government has distributed ultra-modern ambulances to hospitals in the state to ease the referral of patients...