Thursday, September 3, 2026

New health centre ends Ogun women’s trips to Benin Republic

After PUNCH’s report on the loss of lives due...

Forgotten at birth: How cost, ignorance deny Gombe children legal identity

The cost of birth certificates, limited awareness and difficulty...

Broken system behind Lagos waste crisis

Months after heaps of refuse began resurfacing across Lagos...

Nepal flood: Death toll hits 1,222, 4,875 missing

Ayoola Babalola The death toll from last week’s devastating flash floods in Nepal has risen to 1,222, with 4,875 people...

Lagos unveils plan to close HIV treatment, prevention gaps

Ayoola Babalola The Lagos State Government has unveiled a three-year strategic plan to close persistent gaps in HIV prevention, testing...

UNILAG don unveils paint coatings to curb lead poisoning

Johnson Idowu The Head of the Department of Microbiology, University of Lagos, Prof Olayide Obidi, has unveiled bio-based coating solutions...

Firm trains women, PWDs in environmental protection

Adeyinka Adedipe The Gbolekero Women Empowerment and Development Organisation, with support from the Global Greengrants Fund, has trained 60 women...

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Bouillon cube mandatory fortification: A threat to maternal and child health

By Bukola Olukemi-Odele A recent narrative circulating across public health and media spaces—exemplified by reports from food corporations and their...

2014 vs 2026: What’s different about this Ebola outbreak?

Blessed Kayode-Folorunsho Do you remember 2014? That period when suddenly nobody wanted to shake hands, when “don’t eat bush meat”...

Surrogacy: New path to parenthood and the questions it raises

By Abayomi Ajayi For couples who have spent years trying to have a child, surrogacy can appear to be the...

Why Nigeria needs clear surrogacy laws

By Abayomi Ajayi In Nigeria’s rapidly expanding fertility sector, Assisted Reproductive Technology has advanced at remarkable speed, but the law...

Designing digital health for women who need it most

By Medinat Kanabe As governments increasingly embrace digital technology to improve healthcare delivery, one critical question is often overlooked: who...

Fibroids and fertility: Separating social myths from medical reality

By Abayomi Ajayi For years, 34-year-old Adaeze believed motherhood was beyond her reach. Shortly after getting married, doctors discovered several...

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Kano to rehabilitate 10,000 drug users in one year

By Hussaini Ibrahim The Kano State Government has set a target of taking 10,000 drug users off the streets and...

Psychiatrists back suicide law reform, demand action on hardship

Seasoned psychiatrists have said decriminalising suicide alone would not be enough to prevent suicidal behaviour among Nigerians. To curb the...

Prioritise suicide prevention bill, CSOs tell NASS

Civil society organisations have called on the National Assembly to prioritise the passage of the National Suicide Prevention Bill,...

Declare national emergency on child abuse, psychiatrists beg FG

Mental health experts have called on the Federal Government to declare a national emergency on child abuse, warning that...

Gombe, UNICEF prioritise women, children in social protection policy

The Gombe State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund, has commenced steps to strengthen the implementation...

LASG pushes mental health awareness, support

By Ayoola Babalola The Lagos State Government last week renewed its push to bring mental health conversations into homes, workplaces,...