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- 10 Oct 2012
Health Ministry Opens Hospitals’ Complaints Line
Onyebuchi Chukwu, minister of Health said his ministry is working on new patient feedback platform (PFP) to allow patients to lodge complaints against hospitals as well as help push the country's…
- 31 Jul 2024
Hope for Cancer Patients - AstraZeneca in Collaboration with Health Ministry Commissions Molecular Testing in Nigeria
AstraZeneca, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), is proud to announce a significant milestone in the…
- 20 May 2021
NITDA DG Charges Lagos State Ministry of Health on Adoption of NDPR
Mallam Kasihfu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has urged the Lagos State Ministry of Health to fully adopt the implementation of all…
- 21 Nov 2016
Huawei Donates First Aid,Umbi Cut Kits to Lagos State
Huawei on Monday officially donated 2,000 First Aid kits and 2,000 Umbi cut Kits to the Ministry of Health Lagos state. Huawei Technologies made a donation of 2000 First Aid Kits and 2000 Umbi cut…
- 1 Jul 2015
FG Raises Fresh Ebola Alert as Liberia Confirms Resurgence
Federal government yesterday raised the Ebola alert level across all states, urging the ministries of health and health facilities across the country to report any suspected case to the…
- 5 May 2020
Jumia Supports Nigeria’s Fight Against COVID-19 With Donation of 100,000 Facemasks
Jumia, leading eCommerce platform has donated 100,000 CE certified face masks to the Federal Ministry of Health to support the government in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The donations were…
- 10 Dec 2024
FG Dismisses COVID-19 Variant XEC Claims, Reassures Nigerians
Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has dismissed reports regarding the presence of the COVID-19 variant XEC in Nigeria, urging citizens to ignore misinformation circulating on social…
- 16 Jan 2022
Sterling Bank, FG Partner on Free Wi-Fi @ Airport
Sterling Bank Plc says it has collaborated with the Lagos State Port Health Authority and the Federal Ministry of Aviation to install free Wi-Fi connection and additional air conditioning units for…
- 13 Feb 2022
Lagos State Lauds MTN over Y’ello Doctor Initiative
One of the six Y’ello Doctor Mobile clinics will provide health care services to communities in Lagos state. This is following the handover of the vehicle by MTN Foundation to the Lagos State…
- 4 Sept 2012
MSD, Launch Cervical Cancer Vaccination Programme
The Republic of Uganda through the Ministry of Health (MoH), supported by MSD known as Merck in the United States and Canada, this morning announced the launch of a national vaccination programme…
- 17 Apr 2020
Galaxy Backbone Continues To Strengthen Unified Digital Communications In Government
In the last two weeks of the Federal Government shut down of business and social operations in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos & Ogun States due to the global pandemic of the Corona Virus…
- 25 Jun 2024
NHEA 2024 Celebrates Healthcare Excellence in Grand Style
The 10th edition of the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) was held on Friday, June 21, 2024, at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The Emir of Songa, HRH Alh. Dr. Haliru Yahaya…
- 23 Mar 2020
Jumia Pledges to Support Governments’ Fight Against COVID-19 in Africa
Jumia, Africa’s leading e-Commerce platform has offered the support of its integrated ecosystem which include a marketplace, logistics and online payments to governments in Africa, as part of the…
- 23 Jul 2018
MTNF Takes Emergency Ward Intervention Project to FETHA Abakaliki
MTN Foundation has taken its emergency ward intervention project to Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA 1) amid fun and fanfare. Student, staff and residents of Ebonyi State could not…
- 22 Feb 2026
Interswitch Partners Abia to Digitise Public Hospitals
Interswitch, a technology company, through its health-tech subsidiary, Interswitch eClat, has taken a major step in advancing Nigeria’s public-sector health digitisation agenda following the…
- 14 Nov 2025
Lagos Launches Centralised Mental Health Providers Directory
Lagos State Government has unveiled the Lagos Community of Mental Health Providers (LCP) Directory, a pioneering digital registry that centralises verified information on all mental health…
- 13 May 2017
Ebola Outbreak Declared in DC Congo
World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the death of one person in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DPR). The Congo Ministry of Health notified the WHO of…
- 11 Jun 2013
General Electric, Others Discuss ICT Contribution Health in Nigeria
General Electric Healthcare in partnership with the Ministry of Health, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa and Save the Children recently convened key stakeholders and thought leaders in a roundtable…
- 5 Apr 2021
SERAP Drags Buhari to Court Over Missing N3.8B
President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged to court over his failure to probe the disappearance of N3.8 billion meant for the Federal Ministry of Health. The money was meant for teaching hospitals,…
- 10 Oct 2017
Panic as Monkeypox Hits Lagos, Others
Two suspected cases of Monkeypox have been recorded in Lagos State, according to Dr. Jide Idris, commissioner for Health in the state. Idris, on Monday, said that “Though no confirmed case has…
- 2 Jun 2008
FMH Partners NASRDA to Drive Telemedicine
The Federal Ministry of Health is set to join forces with the National Space Research Development Agency (NASRDA) to embark on a pilot project designed to massively improve healthcare delivery…
- 19 Mar 2015
IBM Helps Angola Develop Smarter Healthcare, Education Capabilities
A team of IBM specialists has presented recommendations to Angolan authorities on a range of issues aimed at supporting Angola’s drive for economic and social transformation. These include academic…
- 2 Mar 2017
Time to Advance Digital Health: A Call for Government Leadership
We have all experienced the reality of poor health, through personal experiences with our families, our friends or colleagues. We all want access to good healthcare, no matter where we live. As…
- 11 Jun 2015
Police Moves to Arrest Perm Sec., Others Over N1.9Bn Ebola Fund
Officials of the Federal Ministry of Health, yesterday in Abuja, prevented Policemen from arresting Linus Awute, permanent secretary and other top officials of the Ministry over the management of the…
- 26 Jun 2014
Nigeria Garners 21 Points in UN eGovernment Development Ranking
Nigeria has improved in the latest United Nations eGovernment Development ranking by moving up by 21 points to 141 out of 193 countries rated in the UN Global eGovernment Development Index for 2014.…
- 10 Aug 2017
Panic as LUTH Workers Test Positive for Lassa Fever
Three health workers, out of the 100 that had contact with a pregnant woman who died of Lassa fever at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Idi-Araba, have tested positive for the infection,…
- 9 Aug 2014
FG Declares National Emergency over Ebola
Nigeria’s war on Ebola moved a notch higher yesterday as President Goodluck Jonathan proclaimed a national emergency to control and contain the spread of the …
- 28 Dec 2020
Man Dies 2 Hours after Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
A 75-year-old man from Beit Shean died Monday morning from cardiac arrest, about two hours after receiving the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. The man received the vaccine at 8:30 in the morning, and waited…
- 10 Jul 2025
MTN Foundation Hosts Stakeholders to Tackle Rising Drug Abuse Among Youth
MTN Foundation hosted its annual Anti-Substance Abuse Programme (ASAP) Conference on July 9, 2025, at the MTN Rooftop in Ikoyi, Lagos, bringing together stakeholders from government, healthcare,…
- 13 Dec 2016
Novartis, Vodacom Launch ‘SMS for Life 2.0’ in Kaduna
Novartis has launched an innovative technology-based healthcare program called SMS for Life 2.0 in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The program aims to increase the availability of essential medicines and…