By: Abudu Olalekan Blindness creeps through Nigeria one cloudy lens at a time. Nearly fifty percent of those who can’t see lose it to cataracts, according to fresh data from 2024. Over a million lives dimmed by foggy eyesight stretch across villages and cities alike. Delta State carries its share – more than twenty-five thousand…
By: Abudu Olalekan A wave of anger is sweeping through Nigeria’s medical community. When violence struck close to home – a junior doctor assaulted inside a hospital in Ogun State – the outrage grew louder. The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors responded sharply, delivering demands that sound more like boundaries than requests. Tension hangs thick…
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….
