The South-East Zonal Director of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Martins Iluyomade, has raised concerns over the widespread manufacturing and sale of counterfeit and expired drugs in the popular “Ogbo Ogu Market,” also known as the “Head-bridge Drug Market” in Onitsha, Anambra State. Iluyomade’s warning followed an early morning…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported that the country is still grappling with a significant diphtheria outbreak, with a total of 41,336 suspected cases across 37 states. These cases, spanning 350 local government areas, have been reported between Epidemiological Week 19 of 2022 and Week 4 of 2025. According…
A Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced Dr. Geraldine Orok Ita, a medical doctor, to seven years in prison for fraud and the diversion of N127 million. The sentence was announced on Saturday, February 8, in a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The trial, which began in…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has ramped up disease surveillance following the recent outbreak of Ebola in Uganda. On January 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed an outbreak of Sudan Virus Disease (SVD), a strain of Ebola, in Uganda. SVD, like the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), is a contagious hemorrhagic fever…
Global health officials have raised alarms after a new outbreak of the ‘eye-bleeding’ Marburg virus has claimed the lives of nine people in Tanzania. The highly lethal virus, which is similar to Ebola, has infected ten individuals in the Kagera region of Tanzania since the outbreak was officially announced last week. The death toll reflects…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has closed a warehouse in Kaduna for storing expired food and cosmetic products worth over N75 million. NAFDAC announced the action on its official X handle on Tuesday, January 22, revealing that the warehouse is located at PP2A Bayajidda Street, near Kano Road, New…
The Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration (ARD FCTA), has initiated a three-day warning strike to protest unpaid salaries, allowances, and other unmet demands. As a result, activities have come to a halt in government hospitals across Abuja, including those in Wuse, Asokoro, Maitama, Kubwa, Zuba, Kwali, and others. Dr. George Ebong, President…
The management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) has dismissed a locum radiographer following the death of a patient at the facility. Reports indicate that the radiographer was let go due to negligence of duty. A source revealed to Newsmen on Wednesday in Calabar that the worker was fired for failing to provide…
Federal Government Confirms Bird Flu Outbreak in Kano State The Federal Government has confirmed an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as Bird Flu, in Kano State. The outbreak has affected various bird species, including layers, ducks, guinea fowls, and turkeys. A circular, signed by Dr. Taiwo Olasoju on behalf of the…
Sierra Leone has reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox (mpox) since the World Health Organization (WHO) issued its highest alert for the viral disease last year. The National Public Health Agency stated that the patient is a 27-year-old man from a rural district in the Western Zone, near the capital, Freetown. “Health teams are…
