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Tinubu Pushes Health Sector Overhaul with 24 New Bills

President Bola Tinubu has transmitted 24 health sector bills for consideration of the Senate in line with Section 58(2) of the 1999 Constitution...

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Project BLOOM: NGX Group, Lagos State, HEI Expand Child Nutrition Initiative to Alimosho

Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group), in partnership with the Lagos State Government and the Health Emergency Initiative (HEI), has extended Project BLOOM...

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WHO Says It Regrets US Withdrawal, Remains Hopeful of Re-entry

As a founding member of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States of America has contributed significantly to many of WHO’s greatest...

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Labour Gives Health Ministry 14 Days to Implement CONHESS Report

BY NKECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR—The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have given the Federal Ministry of Health a...

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Nigeria: Research on production of pharmaceutical grade starch hits 85 -NNMDA

Nigerian Natural Medicines Development Agency (NNMDA) has confirmed that research on the production of Nigeria’s pharmaceutical grade starch is 85 per cent complete....

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Lassa Fever Killed 215 Nigerians in 2025 — NCDC

The Nigeria Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and  Prevention(NCDC), says Lassa fever  claimed 215 lives across the country in 2025, with the case...

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Resident Doctors Call Off Strike to Allow Further Negotiations

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) has suspended its planned nationwide strike, which was scheduled to begin on Monday, January 12, 2026. The...

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Nigeria Not Affected by Nestlé Infant Formula Recall — NAFDAC Assures Parents

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)on Monday reassured  Nigerians that all Nestlé Infant Formulae currently approved for marketing...