By Kingsley Agim Merit, transparency and professionalism have taken centre stage in Cross River State as screening begins for candidates seeking selection into the second cohort of the National Health Fellows Programme (NHFP), a key initiative aimed at strengthening Primary Health Care (PHC) delivery at the grassroots. The screening exercise, which is being conducted nationwide…
Medical experts have issued a stern warning to the public, revealing that the common habit of eating until one feels completely full significantly increases the risk of life-threatening non-communicable diseases, including cancer, diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. Speaking on the growing health concerns in Nigeria, experts noted that cultural beliefs are partly to blame. In many…
By Our Reporter Authorities in Cross River State have apprehended and arraigned at least ten unlicensed traditional medicine practitioners. The arrests follow a formal complaint lodged by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) regarding illegal “trado-medical trade fairs” being held at the Calabar Municipality Council Headquarters. The NMA’s intervention was prompted by concerns that these “quacks”…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised an alarm over the growing circulation of banned food products, including pasta, noodles, sugar, and tomato paste, in markets across Nigeria. The agency, in a press release on 6 December 2025, warned that these items are expressly listed on the Federal Government’s…
By Ovat Abeng As the World commemorate this year 2025 World Aids Day, the wife of Anambra State Governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has warned everyone to remains extra cautious of any affair that can lead to HIV transmission disease. The warning was contained in her commemoratory message signed and made available to Journalists in Awka…
South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia were to begin on Monday administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug’s first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world’s highest HIV burden. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent, making it functionally akin…
By Kelvin Obambon A five-day free medical outreach spearheaded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in collaboration with the Renewed Hope Initiative, ECEWS, CSDON, and the Cross River health sector, is currently providing essential specialist healthcare services to residents of Calabar at no cost. The crucial intervention, which began on Monday, November 24 at…
By Our Reporter The Special Adviser to Governor Bassey Otu on health, Dr Ekpo Ekpo Bassey, has explained how the Governor’s pragmatic approach to the challenge of brain drain in the health sector was helping to reduce it to the barest minimum Dr Bassey said this shortly after the just concluded 66th Regular Session of…
By Kingsley Agim and Jessica Edet Nigeria’s top health policymakers, technical experts, and development partners have converged in Calabar as the 66th Regular Meeting of the National Council on Health (NCH) commenced at the Calabar International Convention Centre (CICC). The week-long gathering, widely regarded as the apex policy forum for the country’s health sector, opened…
By Kelvin Obambon Padbank Mobile Outreach, the Network of Persons Living with Diabetes in Nigeria (NPLDN), the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, and other development partners on Friday, November 14, converged at the Millennium Park, Calabar to mark this year’s World Diabetes Day, with a call on government to increase funding,…