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Three young Nigerians launch ChatPay waitlist to simplify banking transactions directly on WhatsApp

Three Nigerian entrepreneurs have unveiled the public waitlist for ChatPay, a conversational banking...

SPIN inducts 79 sustainability professionals to strengthen corporate governance in Nigeria

The Sustainability Professionals Institute of Nigeria (SPIN) has officially inducted 79 new members...

LASG announces landmark ARV procurement initiative, clarifies HIV data

‌The Lagos State Government (LASG) has dismissed reports suggesting that the state recorded...

Ultra-processed foods designed to drive addictive eating behaviours, new study warns

A newly published study has suggested that many ultra-processed foods are intentionally formulated...

Health

WaterAid urges swift action on Nigeria’s menstrual health policy

WaterAid Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to urgently implement the country’s first National Policy on Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management (MHHM), following...

Nigeria’s cancer biobank network advances across eight hospitals

Nigeria is advancing a nationally coordinated cancer research initiative through the implementation of the National Cancer Biobank Network (NCBN), a programme led by the...

WaterAid urges swift action on Nigeria’s menstrual health policy

WaterAid Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to urgently implement the country’s first National Policy on Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management (MHHM), following its recent approval. The organisation’s Country Director, Evelyn Mere, made the appeal in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, while congratulating the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, the National Technical Working Group on MHHM and other stakeholders involved in developing and approving the policy. Mere described the approval as a major milestone towards advancing menstrual health, protecting the dignity of women and girls, promoting gender equality...

HPV Consortium rolls out free mobile clinic across four Oyo LGAs

The HPV Consortium at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (CoMUI), in partnership with Northwestern University, USA, and the Oyo State Primary Health...

Dementia Africa launches 10-year plan to confront hidden crisis

Health specialists, researchers, advocacy leaders and other stakeholders from across Africa and beyond gathered in Abuja on Thursday for the inaugural Dementia Africa Conference...

Katsina receives three upgraded PHCs from UNICEF for communities

The Katsina State Government has taken over three renovated and upgraded primary health care centres (PHCs) delivered by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)...

Nigeria commends NEDC healthcare investment at University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital

The Federal Government has commended the North East Development Commission (NEDC) for its investment in healthcare infrastructure at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital...

FG approves N1.02tn for East-West Road, cancer centre and major health infrastructure projects

The Federal Executive Council has approved a combined N1.02tn for major road construction projects and health infrastructure, including N74.51bn for the upgrade of the...

LUTH urges stronger support for breastfeeding to improve child health and sustainable development

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has called for greater collaboration among government, healthcare institutions, employers, families and other stakeholders to strengthen breastfeeding practices...

Nutrition plays a vital role in hepatitis recovery, liver repair, and stronger immunity, experts say

Health experts have highlighted the critical role of nutrition in the recovery of people living with hepatitis, stressing that while medication remains essential, a...

Nigeria must boost domestic HIV funding as global donor support declines, NACA DG warns

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Temitope Ilori, has called for a stronger domestic financing framework to...

UNICEF warns that two in three Nigerian babies miss exclusive breastfeeding despite proven benefits

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed deep concern over Nigeria's low exclusive breastfeeding rate, revealing that two out of every three Nigerian...