We have blogged a lot about outbreaks in Nigeria, and the apathy of our government in responding to them. We have stated our worries about...

This article first appeared in the new country edition of AFRICA HEALTHIn the last four years of the Yar’Adua/Jonathan presidency, Nigeria had four Ministers of...

We will be bringing you a series of articles intermittently over the next few months on Nigerians who have decided to challenge conventional wisdom, and...

Yesterday was Mothering Sunday (8th May) in some countries among Christian communities (would it not be great if a common date was agreed across all...

The night we posted the last blog I got an email from a good friend in Lagos. I have not been able to get this...

In 2010, The Lancet published a new worldwide study on maternal mortality showing that for the first time in decades, we are experiencing a significant...

The past week has been a difficult on to endure for many Nigerians. From the optimism of elections to the depression of post-election violence. With a...

Iyabo Obasanjo, veterinary doctor, daughter of our former president and former senator of our Federal Republic famously lost her seat in the Nigerian Senate in last weekend’s elections....

I was recently in Enugu, and visited my medical school – the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH).  I had lunch in the residents’ common...

Nigeria is changing, and our relationship with our country is changing. It is changing because technology is making it possible. I vividly remember the last...

This blog will remain apolitical…even in a climate of intense politics in Nigeria. We will not suggest how people should vote, but we will try...

The simmering crisis in our public health care sector has now become a disaster as staff working in hospitals managed directly by the Federal Government have closed...