At least 40 per cent of Nigerian adults live with hypertension, highlighting the growing burden of non-communicable diseases in the country....

Nigeria has launched a new national policy to regulate cosmetic safety, aiming to curb toxic chemical exposure and protect public health acr...

  Nigeria's medical council has provisionally suspended the director of a private hospital and two other doctors following the death of ...

A growing number of heartbreaking cases is forcing Nigerians to confront a troubling question — how safe are their hospitals? From report...

A reduction in international aid is exacerbating Nigeria’s humanitarian crisis, particularly in Borno state, where over two million displ...

Nearly N400 billion, or 20 percent of Nigeria’s 2026 health budget, depends on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) technical support, fund...

The government says it has recruited about 2,500 community health workers to promote basic prenatal and antenatal care. According to the ...

The National President of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Mohammad Suleiman, has warned that Nigeria’s health secto...

Nigerians have called for urgent reforms to the healthcare sector after  the death  of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 21-month-old son prompted ...

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Pate, says the Nigerian Government has administered more than 25 ...

The $2.1 billion in funding will support Nigeria's fight against HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and polio, while boosting maternal and c...

Nigerian health experts warn rapid urbanization, sedentary lifestyles, fried foods, and sugary diets are driving a diabetes surge. Particul...

Abuja, Nigeria, in collaboration with WHO and other partners, is intensifying efforts to eradicate all forms of polio by 2030 through govern...

The Nigerian government has joined global leaders in announcing a historic price reduction for a revolutionary HIV prevention drug, lenacapa...

Doctors in Nigeria warn that sudden unexplained deaths now account for about 14 percent of all fatalities, driven by poor healthcare acce...

Cuts in aid from the U.S. and UK are crippling Nigeria’s family planning programs, leaving shipments of contraceptives stranded abroad an...

  In the neighbourhood of Kado Lifecamp on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, 29-year-old Eucharia Joseph grips a cooler box and sets out f...

In this project, journalist Taiwo Adebulu travels to Nigerian areas hard hit by tuberculosis and examines the fallout from President Trump...

In response to a surge in cholera cases during the 2025 rainy season, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and World...

Nurses across Nigeria are protesting poor working conditions. The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives announced the week-...