Otti Allocates N1bn For Abia’s Health Insurance Initiative
The Abia State Health Insurance Scheme has received N1 billion from Governor Alex Otti, after the State Executive Council approved the scheme's official rollout. This is as the Governor has approved the appointment of Dr. Emmanuel Mereibeole, who retired recently from the Federal Ministry of Aviation as a Permanent Secretary, as Special Adviser on Projects to oversee the Abia Airport...
Lassa Fever Claims UK Returnee’s Life, Death Toll Hits 98, NCDC Confirms
The death of a 31-year-old doctor who contracted Lassa fever after returning from the UK has been confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency also reported that the cumulative number of Lassa fever cases has risen to 535 out of 2,728 suspected cases, with 98 deaths recorded across 14 states in Nigeria as of March...
Pope’s Condition Stabilizes After Peaceful Night, Vatican Confirms
The Vatican announced on Sunday that Pope Francis had a peaceful night in the hospital, with the 88-year-old responding well to treatment for pneumonia. “The night was calm, the pope is resting”, the Vatican said in its brief morning update on the Argentine, who has been in a special papal suite at Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February 14. The head of...
WHO: Tuberculosis Progress At Risk Over Budget Cuts
The United Nations World Health Organization has issued a warning, stating that decades of progress in the fight against tuberculosis, still the deadliest infectious disease in the world, are in danger due to significant funding cuts, especially by the United States. The health agency highlighted that essential prevention, testing, and treatment services were collapsing, leaving millions at risk. Africa, Southeast Asia,...
Lassa Fever Crisis: NCDC Records 506 Cases, 95 Deaths
506 Lassa fever cases out of 2,492 suspected cases and 95 fatalities were confirmed by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, February 23, 2025. The situation report of the hemorrhagic fever for week eight also showed that the disease has spread to 12 states and 70 local government areas with a case fatality ratio of 18.8...
NAFDAC Issues Warning On Circulation Of Unsafe Insulin Syringes
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a warning about the illegal distribution and sale of a substandard and counterfeit medical product, the Knowit Insulin Syringe 40 IU 29G x 1/2, in Nigeria. The agency issued the warning in a statement on Monday, highlighting concerns from the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria about...
NAFDAC Orders Stop On Artemether/Lumefantrine Oral Suspension Registration
The multi-dose oral suspension of artemether/lumefantrine dry powder has no longer been registered by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The announcement was made in a public alert No. 01/2025, released on the agency’s website Thursday. According to the alert, the decision was made due to the instability of the reconstituted formulations, which can lead to...
Fake Doctor Exposed! Woman Posing As Gynecologist Caught In Umuahia (Photos)
A woman posing as a medical doctor at Echoes of God’s Mercy & Grace Mission Specialist Hospital, located on Finbars Road in Umuahia, Abia State, has been exposed as a fraud after an investigation confirmed she had no valid medical qualifications. Miriam Ugochi Emenike, who had been working as a gynecologist and was later promoted to Chief Medical Director (CMD),...
NAFDAC Cautions Against Risk Of Calcium Carbide For Fruit Ripening
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has issued a warning to fruit vendors and dealers about the use of calcium carbide in commercial fruit ripening. The warning was made by the NAFDAC Coordinator in Sokoto state, Mr Abdulsalam Lawal, during a public awareness campaign at a fruit market on Monday in Sokoto. Lawal urged fruit dealers and...
EU Launches Major Support Initiative For Nigeria’s Pharmaceutical Industry
The European Union Delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States hosted private sector participants in Lagos State on Saturday to enhance and expand Nigeria's ability to produce vaccines, medications, and other health products, the EU said in a statement. The breakfast meeting with the private sector also focused on increasing efforts to ensure Nigeria is well...
