By Chioma Obinna Nigerian product leader Olaoluwa Simeon has identified trust, reliability, and a deep understanding of local consumer behaviour as the defining factors for building successful products in Nigeria, describing the country as “its own operating system” that demands solutions designed specifically for its unique realities. Drawing from over a decade of experience building […]

By Chioma Obinna To stem the estimated $7 billion Africa lost annually to medical tourism, the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH) on Wednesday in Lagos called for an African-led transformation of the continent’s healthcare systems, warning that the exodus of patients and healthcare spending is undermining Africa’s capacity to build world-class health systems. Speaking […]

… Raise alarm over widening global immunisation gapBy Chioma Obinna No fewer than 13.5 million infants missed all routine vaccines in 2025, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF warned that conflict, poverty and vaccine hesitancy are slowing global immunisation progress, leaving millions of children vulnerable to preventable diseases. The warning came Tuesday as […]

… Contaminated floodwaters, blocked drainages heighten cholera, typhoid, malaria risks…Urge govts to strengthen surveillance, stock medicines before deaths riseBy Chioma Obinna The floodwaters that swept through Lagos and several parts of Nigeria in recent weeks left behind more than submerged homes, impassable roads and ruined livelihoods. Across communities battered by relentless rainfall, families watched helplessly […]

… 23 states affected, NCDC raises fresh alarm By Chioma Obinna Nigeria is witnessing a renewed surge in Lassa fever infections, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, (NCDC), reporting 66 confirmed cases and seven deaths within three consecutive epidemiological weeks. Meanwhile, the NCDC’s latest report also showed that the outbreak continued to […]

Patients often present convinced they have malaria, while healthcare providers have historically treated fever as malaria

By Chioma Obinna A 22-year-old pregnant woman found unconscious on a Lagos street has been rescued from the brink of death, delivered of a healthy baby girl and reunited with the Plateau State Government in what officials described as another success story of the Lagos State emergency healthcare intervention programme. The woman, identified as Tingni […]

By Chioma Obinna The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has been honoured at the UK House of Lords for her leadership in transforming Nigeria’s drug regulatory system into one of Africa’s most respected regulatory institutions. Adeyeye received the Special African Leadership Commendation Award at […]

…Insists 10,430 cases are diagnoses, not fresh infectionsBy Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Government on Thursday dismissed widespread reports that the state recorded 10,430 new HIV infections in 2025, clarifying that the figure represents newly diagnosed cases and not fresh infections, even as it announced a historic move to directly procure antiretroviral drugs, becoming the […]

By Sola Ogundipe Health advocates have called on Nigeria to strengthen domestic financing for healthcare, warning that continued dependence on foreign donors could leave millions of Nigerians without access to lifesaving services if external funding continues to shrink. The warning came during the quartely review meeting of the Lagos State Accountability Mechanism for Maternal, Newborn, […]