Over 200 await corneal transplants in Nigeria — Eye Bank
More than 200 Nigerians are currently awaiting corneal transplants as about 1.5 per cent of the country’s population live with corneal blindness, the Eye Bank for Restoring Sight in Nigeria has said. The Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Eye Bank, Dr Festus Odunayo Oshoba, disclosed this recently in Lagos at the unveiling…
Pharmaceutical firms spend up to ₦175m monthly on power — May & Baker CEO
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of May & Baker Nigeria Plc, Pharm. Patrick Ajah, has called for stronger government support for local pharmaceutical manufacturers, warning that rising production costs, high interest rates, infrastructure gaps and brain drain are threatening the sector. Ajah said the company’s monthly expenditure on power had risen from about…
Pharmaceutical manufacturers seek lower energy Costs, stronger API policies to boost local drug production
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (PMG-MAN) has urged the Federal Government to reduce energy costs and strengthen policies supporting local production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to accelerate Nigeria’s drive towards medicine security. The group said high energy costs and delays in clearing pharmaceutical inputs were undermining the competitiveness of…
Lagos to expand specialist healthcare capacity with Ojo, Somolu hospital projects
The Lagos State Government says it is expanding access to specialised healthcare with the construction of new hospital facilities in Ojo and Somolu, as the 280-bed Ojo General Hospital nears completion and a new 180-bed hospital takes shape in Somolu. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Friday during an inspection of…
ACPN warns Nigeria’s drug supply faces threat as over 9,500 pharmacists leave country
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has called on the Federal and state governments to provide stronger financial and institutional support for community pharmacies to help reduce the cost of essential medicines and expand access to healthcare. The association made the demand at its 45th Annual National Scientific Conference, held in Abuja from…
Hepatitis B: 18.2m Nigerians living with chronic infection as screening gaps persist
For 247 residents of Mushin, Lagos, a free community health screening offered something more valuable than routine medical checks: the opportunity to know whether they were living with hepatitis B without knowing it. The turnout at the community screening programme organised by Cerba Lancet Nigeria in partnership with Mushin Local Government Area was higher than…
Community pharmacists seek government support to cut cost of essential medicines
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has called on the Federal and state governments to provide stronger financial and institutional support for community pharmacies to help reduce the cost of essential medicines and expand access to healthcare. The association made the demand at its 45th Annual National Scientific Conference, held in Abuja from…
ACPN raises alarm as 9,000 pharmacists leave Nigeria, 850 seek exit in 2026
About 9,000 pharmacists have emigrated from Nigeria in the four-and-a-half years to December 2025, with more than 850 others obtaining letters of good standing from the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) in the first six months of 2026, raising fresh concerns over a worsening manpower crisis in the country’s healthcare system. The Association of Community…
NOHIL, Steps2Walk, GHCTF launch foot l, ankle surgical course, medical outreach
The National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos (NOHIL), in collaboration with its international partners, Steps2Walk and the Global Health Charity and Training Foundation (GHCTF), on Monday, August 10, 2026, commenced a Foot and Ankle Surgical Course and Medical Outreach programme. The programme combines specialised surgical training, knowledge transfer and free community healthcare services, with the broader…
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