Latest Nigeria health news and updates
…Hospital to perform 6–7 procedures in one week, plans academy to train surgeons, nurses, biomedical engineers Redeemer’s Health Village (RHV), Redemption City, Ogun State, has begun robotic-assisted surgery, with the hospital targeting shorter hospital stays and greater access to complex surgical procedures in Nigeria. The hospital said its first robotic surgery was successfully performed on…
Lagos State has recorded 53 suspected cases of diphtheria in 2026, including six laboratory-confirmed cases, Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has disclosed. Abayomi, however, said the state had not recorded a widespread outbreak of the potentially fatal bacterial infection, assuring residents that the government had strengthened surveillance and response measures to prevent further transmission….
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…
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…
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…
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…