Barely two weeks after operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI) rescued four nursing mothers and their children from a dumpsite along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, another mother and her five-month-old baby girl have been rescued from a canal in the same area. Tripod Times reports that the agency’sContinue Reading
ABUJA, NIGERIA — The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has officially launched an innovative cost-sharing scheme to support cancer patients with a subsidy of up to ₦400,000 for critical radiotherapy treatments. Tripod Times reports that The Director-General of the NHIA, Dr. Kelechi Ohiri, announcedContinue Reading
LAGOS, Nigeria — The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has issued an urgent warning to residents following the discovery of a dangerous trend where dishonest sellers are altering the expiry dates of expired and near-expired goods. Officials discovered that unscrupulous traders are maliciously manipulating product expiration dates to resellContinue Reading
Kira Taiwo, daughter of popular Nollywood actor and filmmaker Taiwo Hassan, popularly called Ogogo, has made an urgent appeal for medical assistance after her father was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. This was revealed in an emotional video posted on social media on Monday night. In the video, Kira saidContinue Reading
Psychiatrists have called on both the Federal and Oyo State Governments to provide at least one year of mental health monitoring for the schoolchildren and teachers who were rescued following their abduction by suspected bandits in Oriire Local Government Area. The mental health experts said that beyond immediate crisis intervention,Continue Reading
In a July 8, 2026, memorandum to the Senate Committee at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, AGPNP contended that the proposed National Health Facility Regulatory Agency Bill would impose excessive bureaucracy, encroach on states’ constitutional duties, and jeopardize the independence of existing health professions. The association asserted that, instead ofContinue Reading
Nigeria has recorded 214 deaths from Lassa fever in 2026, as the case fatality rate rose sharply to 25 per cent, deepening concerns over the worsening impact of the outbreak across the country, according to fresh data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The agency’s latestContinue Reading
