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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...

President Tinubu approves upgrade of key health facilities in across Nigeria

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, has approved the immediate upgrade of key health infrastructure and equipment across all the...

Lagos Govt insists on proceeding with ban of styrofoam products

The Lagos State Government has said that it will not back off on the stance on the policy of a total ban on the...

Rotary Club Renovates Jahi PHC

The Rotary Club of Wuse Central has renovated a community Primary Healthcare Centre as part of efforts to provide affordable healthcare services to residents...

FGN reviews draft policy on local production of vaccines to stop importation

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has initiated steps to accelerate the local production of vaccine manufacturing and stop importation of vaccines into the...

590m cases of neglected tropical diseases in Nigeria get treatment courtesy Sightsavers

Sightsavers also supported 1,249 cataract surgeries for children in Zamfara, Sokoto and Kaduna States. Sightsavers, an international development charity, has disclosed that it worked with...

Lagos begins deworming treatment exercise for 1.4m school pupils

The Lagos State Government has commenced a free school-based mass deworming program across 10 endemic Local Government Areas, LGAs, in the State as part...

Julius Berger partners FMC Abuja to save children in need of heart surgery

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has continued to partner with the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Abuja in its Cardiac Surgery Mission to provide care...

NEDC trains 34 doctors on cervical cancer treatment

The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) has kickstarted the training of 34 doctors in a fresh campaign against Cervical cancer in the North-East region of...

ASPHDA to vaccinate 388,180 girls against HPV

The Adamawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ASPHDA) has announced that it is targeting vaccination of 388,180 girls aged nine to 14 years against...