Two Lives Lost to Infection: A British Woman’s Death in Nigeria Shines a Light on the Risks of Pregnancy Complications

05 Nov 2026

Claire Chadwick, a 40-year-old British woman who moved to Nigeria to build a new life with her husband, Ibrahim, has died with her unborn daughter. She was 37 weeks pregnant. Reports say she developed sepsis and died of septic shock after the baby died in the womb. Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection, […]

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Two Dates, One Drug: A Viral Expiry Mix-Up Shows How Hard It Is for Nigerians to Check What They Swallow

28 Oct 2026

A man has reacted online after he and his family finished taking a drug and then compared dates. The packaging showed an expiry date of 2029. The date he found on the NAFDAC website showed 2025. He expressed alarm at the difference. A Date on a Box and a Date on a Website May Not […]

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“Declared Dead Too Soon”: A Canada-Based Doctor’s Claims About Nigeria’s Hospitals Raise Questions About Equipment, Training and Trust (Emergency Care and Hospital Standards)

19 Oct 2026

A Canada-based Nigerian doctor, popularly known as Doctor Zo, has claimed that some Nigerians may have been wrongly declared dead because of inadequate equipment and practice in hospitals. He said that as someone who worked in the Nigerian health system, he never saw an AED (automated external defibrillator, a portable device that checks the heart’s […]

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Tinubu Wants Nigeria’s Doctors to Come Home — But Can He Give Them a Reason to Stay?

25 Jul 2026

President Bola Tinubu on Friday, July 24, 2026, urged Nigerian doctors and other healthcare professionals living abroad to return home and help strengthen the country’s healthcare system. He made the appeal while receiving a delegation of the Nigerian Diaspora Medical Associations Worldwide at the State House, Abuja, as part of the 2026 National Diaspora Day […]

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