Health

The Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, today stressed the need for the availability of trained biomedical engineers in Nigerian hospitals. According to Ajetunmobi, most medical equipment in hospitals does not undergo proper maintenance due to the absence of well-trained biomedical engineers. She made this known at the ongoing 4th National Oxygen Coordination […]

The Association of Resident Doctors, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, has resolved to join the nationwide strike declared by the National Association of Resident Doctors on Monday, January 12. The decision was contained in a communiqué issued after an emergency general meeting of the association held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Thursday. The communiqué, […]

The Association of Resident Doctors of Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, today threw its weight behind the total and indefinite strike declared by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, scheduled to begin at 12:00 midnight on Monday, January 12, 2026. The resident doctors decried what they described as the insincerity and insensitivity of the federal government […]

The National Association of Resident Doctors on Saturday announced plans to resume its Total, Indefinite and Complete Strike (TICS 2.0) on January 12, 2026, to press home its demands, following resolutions reached at its Emergency National Executive Council meeting on Friday. This was disclosed in a statement shared on X, and signed by its President, […]

The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, ATBUTH, Bauchi, has uncovered a fraudulent scheme within its premises and recovered ₦27,000 allegedly extorted from a patient. The development was disclosed in a press statement issued today by the Head of the hospital’s Public Relations and Protocol Unit, Usman Koli. Koli explained that the suspect, described as […]

The Federal Government’s 80-bed Mother and Child Specialist Hospital in Pakiotan, in the Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State, has been vandalised by yet to be identified hoodlums. The facility, equipped with beds, drugs, laboratory equipment, and other medical consumables, was designed to serve as an urban health centre. The project was facilitated […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the Narcotics Control Bureau of India have agreed to intensify efforts in combating the shipment of illicit drugs between the two countries, which concerns the illegal flow of opioids such as tramadol and codeine-based syrup into Nigeria from the South Asian country. In a statement by the NDLEA […]

The Nigerian Medical Association, Katsina State chapter has scaled down services due to the ongoing industrial actions declared by the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwifery across the country. Chairman NMA, Katsina, Dr. Muhammadu Sani, in an interview with news men today spoke on the current situation of patients in Katsina hospitals. He further […]

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has backed the introduction of compulsory and random drug integrity tests for students in tertiary institutions across the country. This decision followed a meeting in Abuja on Wednesday with the Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (retd), where both […]