The Executive Secretary of the Osun State Primary Health Care Development Board, OSPHCDB, Dr Shina Igbalaye, has praised Governor Ademola Adeleke for what he described as the creation of an enabling environment that enhances quality healthcare delivery across the state. Dr Igbalaye gave the commendation during a Citizens’ Town Hall Meeting on strengthening primary healthcare…
The Senate on Thursday raised alarm over what it described as a rapidly escalating lead-poisoning crisis affecting Ogijo, a densely populated community located between Ikorodu in Lagos State and Ogun East Senatorial District. Lawmakers warned that the situation had become a full-blown environmental and public-health emergency threatening thousands of residents. The motion was jointly sponsored…
The growing demand for medical imaging procedures has caused an automatic spike in diagnostic investigations, rising complication trends and a nationwide manpower shortage, a radiography expert has said. Air Commodore Bolaji Israel Jayeoba made the assertion on Monday while delivering his keynote address at the first induction and oath-taking ceremony of radiography graduands of Osun…
Senior medical experts have warned that Nigeria could face a rise in new Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, infections following a 55 per cent decline in condom distribution nationwide. The concern was raised after a new Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS report showed a significant drop in the circulation of condoms across the country over…
The Benue State Government has sealed St. John’s Hospital in Otukpo following allegations of severe violations of medical standards, including a reported case in which a patient had both breasts removed without proper clinical procedures. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Paul Ogwuche, confirmed the action on Saturday, stating that the closure followed…
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, in partnership with the Ogun State Ministry of Environment, on Thursday sealed six recycling facilities in the Ogijo community of Ogun State. The closures followed the operators’ failure to comply with the National Environmental (Battery Control) Regulations 2024 and a NESREA-developed protocol for the safe management…
The Lagos State Government has announced that an estimated 160,000 residents are currently living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The disclosure was made by the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency during its World AIDS Day 2025 press briefing on Thursday. Presenting the state’s progress report in Alausa, Ikeja, LSACA’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Folakemi Animashaun,…
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has revealed that more than 24 million Nigerians tested positive for malaria in the first nine months of 2025, according to the newly released National Health Statistics Report. The data, obtained on Friday, showed a steady rise in the number of individuals who presented with fever and…
Health workers across Nigeria on Saturday commenced an indefinite nationwide strike, warning the government against any form of intimidation or victimisation during the industrial action. The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations declared the strike on Friday following what they described as prolonged government failure to implement agreed welfare…
The management of the UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, has raised alarm over the increasing cases of Hepatitis B infection and its severe complications among residents of Iwo, Osun State. In a formal letter addressed to the Almufty of Yoruba Land, Alhaji Dawood Imran Molasan, the hospital appealed for partnership and community mobilisation towards an enlightenment…
