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No fewer than 500 pupils across public primary schools in Oguta, Imo State, have benefited from the educational interventions of the Ogbuefi Bernadette Nwazuruahu Nwosu Memorial Foundation, (OBNNMF), a charity established in memory of the late educationist, popularly known as “Headmiss.” The Foundation, on Thursday, October 2, 2025, donated school uniforms, shoes and bags to…
Doctors in Lagos have raised alarm over rising police harassment, arrests, and extortion, warning that the trend is pushing practitioners into defensive medicine and putting patients at risk. They are calling for urgent action, insisting that complaints against doctors be handled through proper channels such as the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to protect…
…adopts science-driven health policies Lagos State has recorded a major shift in healthcare delivery, reducing malaria misdiagnosis in public health facilities from about 60 per cent to five per cent through the use of scientific diagnostic tools and data-driven reforms. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Tuesday at a high-level…
Caption: A patient undergoing free cataract surgery by VCDF’s team. Free cataract surgeries have commenced at Central Hospital, Kwale, Delta State, as Vcare for Development Foundation (VCDF), in partnership with the Delta State Ministry of Health, moves to tackle avoidable blindness. The initiative, supported by Sterling Exploration and Energy Production Company Limited (SEEPCO) under the…
Photo: VCDF team, Representative of Commissioner of Health – Delta State, Traditional Rulers of the Community Many Nigerians continue to suffer from avoidable vision problems, with cataracts and other eye conditions being major causes of preventable blindness. In Delta State, an estimated 50,000 people are living with cataracts, a condition that can be treated through…
A clinical audiologist, Dr. Simeon Afolabi, has said that the absence of a sustained newborn hearing screening programme in Nigeria’s public hospitals is contributing to late detection of hearing loss in children, limiting their access to effective treatment. Dr. Afolabi, who works at BSA Hearing and Speech Centre, Lagos, spoke during a cochlear implant information…
Lagos State has taken its drive to strengthen grassroots healthcare delivery to a new level with the conduct of physical interviews for the National Health Fellows (NHF) Programme, Cohort 2.0, aimed at producing a new generation of health system leaders for local government areas. The two-day interview exercise, held on January 12 and 13 at…
With hospitals under pressure from rising emergencies and a fragile blood supply system, the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS) has sounded the alarm, mobilising donor advocates, partners and civil society groups to avert a looming blood crisis in the state. At the 2026 Blood Donor Mobiliser Stakeholders’ Engagement held on Wednesday in Alausa, Ikeja,…
Survivors of sexual assault in Lagos are set to receive faster, more professional and better-documented medical care as the state government intensifies training for healthcare workers handling rape and defilement cases. The two-day training organised by the Ministry of Health in Alausa is expected to significantly strengthen Lagos’ frontline response, a critical step in a…
Following widespread discussions on social media about changes to the ILERA-EKO Health Insurance Scheme, the Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA) has assured residents that the scheme remains affordable, robust, and accessible to all. The agency clarified that no benefit has been removed from the health insurance package. Instead, certain provisions were refined to prevent…