By: Abudu Olalekan Sokoto State vows to wipe out vaccine-derived polio by 2026. Dive into Governor Aliyu’s bold plans, new strategies, and partnerships with Gates Foundation for healthier kids in northern Nigeria. Imagine a dusty road in Sokoto. A mother cradles her child, worried about that nagging health scare. Polio. It’s still lurking, even after…
By: Abudu Olalekan The story usually starts the same way. A farmer in the field at dusk. A child walking to the toilet outside. A young singer heading home after a rehearsal. Then a sudden sting on the leg. Or foot. Or hand. At first, it looks small. Then it becomes everything. In Nigeria, this…
By: Abudu Olalekan On Tuesday. WHO press room in Geneva – or maybe it was virtual, hard to tell with those pixelated backdrops. Anyway. Statement drops ahead of World Cancer Day. Theme: “United by unique.” Fancy. But the numbers? Stark. Four in 10. That’s not a guess. New global analysis – 185 countries, 36 cancers…
by: Oluwaseun M. Lawal The hall in Abuja was quiet for a moment. Cameras ready. Then Brig-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) leaned into the microphone and basically said: we can’t keep fighting drugs with handcuffs alone. Not anymore. On Tuesday, the NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive was not talking about another raid or big seizure….
By: Abudu Olalekan Listen up, because this is serious. The health sector in Nigeria is about to get hit hard. Real hard. The Joint Health Sector Unions, you know them as JOHESU, they just gave the order. Stop working. Effective immediately. Indefinite strike. Why the big drama? It’s that new policy from the Tinubu government….
By: Abudu Olalekan Nigerians are on edge. The news hit like a thunderbolt: NAFDAC just issued a recall alert for Indomie Noodles, Vegetable Flavour. Why? Because it’s got milk and eggs—stuff that can send allergy sufferers to the ER. Yeah, you heard that right. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)…
