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Health

WIPC 2026: Stakeholders seek stronger investment in women, girls’ nutrition

By Chidimma Oparaochaekwe Stakeholders have called for increased investment in the nutrition, education and economic empowerment of women and girls, warning that poor...

Health

Health workers reject SSANU over CONTTA, threaten court action

... Accuse union of abandoning dues-paying members

Crime

Police rescue two abandoned babies in Abuja

… Seek information on mothers, relatives

Environment

FG unveils 14 new environmental, public health curricula

By Joyce Ekeh The Federal Government has unveiled 14 new curricula for Environmental Health and Public Health programmes in polytechnics and monotechnics across...

From left: Deputy Director, Child Development Department, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, & Social Development, Mrs Mariam Fitumi Shaibu; Director, Corporate Affairs, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mrs Ethan Talatu; CEO, AFRIpads, Michelle Tjeenk Willink; Elisha Sulei of the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund ( SHF); and Gender/GBV, Management Specialist, UNFPA, Dr. Zubaida Abubakar at the two-day national dialogue aimed at tackling period poverty and advancing menstrual health management (MHM) in Nigeria.
Health

37m Nigerian women, girls face period poverty as stakeholders seek affordable pads

By Desire Uzochukwu An estimated 37 million Nigerian women and girls are facing period poverty, with rising menstrual product costs, inadequate water,...

From left: Deputy Director, Child Development Department, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, & Social Development, Mrs Mariam Fitumi Shaibu; Director, Corporate Affairs, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mrs Ethan Talatu; CEO, AFRIpads, Michelle Tjeenk Willink; Elisha Sulei of the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund ( SHF); and Gender/GBV, Management Specialist, UNFPA, Dr. Zubaida Abubakar at the two-day national dialogue aimed at tackling period poverty and advancing menstrual health management (MHM) in Nigeria.
Health

37m Nigerian women, girls face period poverty as stakeholders seek affordable pads

By Desire Uzochukwu An estimated 37 million Nigerian women and girls are facing period poverty, with rising menstrual product costs, inadequate water,...

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Health

WIPC 2026: Stakeholders seek stronger investment in women, girls’ nutrition

By Chidimma Oparaochaekwe Stakeholders have called for increased investment in the nutrition, education and economic empowerment of women and girls, warning that poor...

Health

Health workers reject SSANU over CONTTA, threaten court action

... Accuse union of abandoning dues-paying members

Crime

Police rescue two abandoned babies in Abuja

… Seek information on mothers, relatives

Environment

FG unveils 14 new environmental, public health curricula

By Joyce Ekeh The Federal Government has unveiled 14 new curricula for Environmental Health and Public Health programmes in polytechnics and monotechnics across...

GENERAL NEWS

News

Cross River Maintains 95% immunisation coverage amid vaccine access gaps

By John Attah Cross River State has maintained 95 per cent national immunisation coverage, but health authorities say significant gaps remain in reaching...

News

Benue moves to fund health as donor support dries up

By John Unwaba Benue State is moving to reduce its dependence on donor funding for healthcare as declining external support threatens the sustainability...

News

Resident doctors give FMC Abeokuta 21 days to resolve welfare issues.

… Threaten strike over salary shortfalls, unpaid allowances.

Residents of Miango in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State protesting 11 years without electricity
News

11 years without power: Miango youths demand JEDC probe

By Kazeem Waris Eleven years after electricity supply was cut off, residents of Miango in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State are...

HEALTH

From left: Deputy Director, Child Development Department, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, & Social Development, Mrs Mariam Fitumi Shaibu; Director, Corporate Affairs, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mrs Ethan Talatu; CEO, AFRIpads, Michelle Tjeenk Willink; Elisha Sulei of the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund ( SHF); and Gender/GBV, Management Specialist, UNFPA, Dr. Zubaida Abubakar at the two-day national dialogue aimed at tackling period poverty and advancing menstrual health management (MHM) in Nigeria.
Health

37m Nigerian women, girls face period poverty as stakeholders seek affordable pads

By Desire Uzochukwu An estimated 37 million Nigerian women and girls are facing period poverty, with rising menstrual product costs, inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, WASH, and limited access...

ENVIRONMENT

Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali-Pate
Environment

FG unveils 14 new environmental, public health curricula

By Joyce Ekeh The Federal Government has unveiled 14 new curricula for Environmental Health and Public Health programmes in polytechnics and monotechnics across Nigeria, aimed at producing specialised manpower to...

AGRIC

Nigerian farmers
Agric

Nigeria’s agriculture needs more than farmers – Stakeholders

By Chidimma Oparaochaekwe Nigeria’s agricultural sector needs more than increased food production to attract sustainable investment, as experts have called for stronger value chains, better policies, improved productivity and a...

INTERVIEWS

Interviews

Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi cannot handle Nigeria’s problems – Pastor Olumide Emmanuel

He noted that President Bola Tinubu, though said to have done well as Lagos Governor, cannot handle the country’s problems because the state...

Interviews

Drug addiction rewires the brain, destroys lives gradually’ — Addiction psychiatrist

…Says 75% of psychiatric admissions linked to substance abuse

Interviews

US aid withdrawal could cripple Nigeria’s HIV, TB, malaria programmes — Dr Ifeanyi, AMLSN President

…Says millions of Nigerians could lose access to lifesaving care