Osagie Ehanire

Bayelsa, Borno, Ekiti have least hospitals in Nigeria

Bayelsa, Borno and Ekiti States have the least number of health facilities in Nigeria. The Nigeria Health Facility Registry (HFR) data show...

TB: WHO approves stool test, bedaquiline, delamanid, others for children

THE World Health Organization (WHO) has approved new guidelines for managing tuberculosis in children and adolescents. The guideline includes testing...
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Four doctors to 10,000 population, Nigeria’s highest in two decades – Data

ONLY four doctors could attend to 10,000 people living in Nigeria, and the trend has been so in the...

Adamawa: How overseas offers threaten FMC Yola’s planned upgrade to teaching hospital (part 3)

The Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Adamawa State, plans to upgrade into a teaching hospital, but the facility faces three...
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Taraba: Consultants resign, shun new equipment at FMC Jalingo for overseas jobs

THE 20-year-old Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Jalingo, Taraba State, currently has fewer than 15 consultants in its workforce and...

Benue: Consultants, others resign, shun new equipment at Makurdi FMC for overseas jobs 

THE Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, is currently struggling to retain its consultants and other employees. The ICIR reports that...
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