As the world marks the 2026 World Malaria Day, Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has declared that scaling local drug production and investing in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, APIs, are critical to ending malaria in Nigeria, which still bears the heaviest global burden of the disease.

Across markets in Nigeria, shoppers’ decisions are made in seconds. A mother reaching for a packet of noodles, a bottle of cooking oil, and a loaf of bread, does not check the sodium levels, trans fats or sugar content.

•Trains 72 journalists, rolls out ‘EasyPay’ to ease enrolment By Sola Ogundipe, Chioma Obinna & Olasukanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government on Monday said it has intensified enforcement of its compulsory health insurance scheme, ILERA EKO, shifting focus to healthcare providers and service delivery even as it expands access through new payment options and aggressive […]

The UN health agency is calling for renewed commitments to build more sustainable national programmes, stronger integration with primary healthcare

By Chioma Obinna The crisis rocking the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, at the national level escalated on Wednesday as delegates at an Emergency Delegates Meeting, EDM, in Abuja voted to suspend the National Officers’ Committee, NOC, reverse the disqualification of six electoral candidates, and install a caretaker committee to steer the affairs of the association. […]

Two-thirds of people facing food crises globally last year lived in just 10 countries, with a third of them in Sudan, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN-backed yearly report said Friday.

The US government on Thursday made it easier for Americans to use cannabis for medical reasons by reclassifying the drug and enabling more research into its safety and efficacy.

Cross River State has identified and isolated 10 persons who came in contact with a Chinese national recently confirmed to have COVID-19

Pancreatic cancer is notoriously aggressive, with only roughly one in 10 people surviving more than five years after being diagnosed, research has shown.

The Tinubu Support Group (TSG) and the Global Alliance for Tinubu Campaign have agreed to collaborate closely with all pro-Tinubu campaign organisations as part of efforts to secure a second term for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.

By Chioma Obinna Nigeria’s push to unlock its vast waterways for mass transit and economic growth is being choked by crippling import duties, with industry players warning that current policies are driving investors away, endangering safety, and slowing the sector’s expansion. The Chairman of Bras Marine and Yacht Services Limited, Prince Yomi Sonuga, raised the […]

By Chioma Obinna The World Health Organisation, Regional Office for Africa on Wednesday warned that Africa’s fight against malaria is at a critical crossroads as $45 billion funding gap threatens to derail hard-won gains and fuel a resurgence of the disease. In a message to mark the 2026 World Malaria Day, the WHO Regional Director […]

The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria, MWAN, Lagos State chapter, weekend honoured its elderly members and past leaders, even as it called for stronger mentorship structures and improved work-life balance for female doctors.

By Chioma Obinna The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, on Monday, commended the Federal Government over the release of an updated schedule of prohibited trade items, describing it as a strategic move to strengthen local pharmaceutical manufacturing, conserve scarce foreign exchange, and enhance national health security.The pharmacists said the policy direction, particularly the […]

​Following calls for urgent reform in Nigeria’s childhood cancer care, experts have spotlighted weak multidisciplinary collaboration and limited social support as critical gaps in the system.