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All over the world, tertiary health care institutions are considered as hospitals where state-of-the- art infrastructure exists for investigation and treatment of complex medical ailments, ...

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) continues to significantly impact people's health, businesses and the global economy.

A pre-requisite for the importation, marketing, distribution and sales of foods, drugs, chemicals, cosmetics and medical devices manufactured or produced abroad is registration with the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Nigeria.

On 18 June 2026, the Federal Government recently issued the General Guidelines for the implementation of the 2025 Tax Acts, providing a transitional framework for the application of the new tax legislation and expressly precluding the retroactive application of the Acts. The Guidelines are intended to provide the much-needed clarity on compliance obligations as the new tax regime takes effect.

NAFDAC has issued a public advisory following the recall of Indomie Noodles Vegetable Flavour by French authorities due to undeclared milk and egg allergens.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), as at 27 July 2021 Nigeria has recorded 171,324 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 2,134 deaths with a case fatality rate of 1.3% .

The Lagos State Government (LASG) and its Governor are blazing the trail towards containment of COVID-19 in Lagos, and the Entire Nigerian Federation.

The CBN disbursed the sum of N436.85 Billion to 34 new projects under the N1.0 Trillion RSSF. This was utilized for both green field (new) and brown field (expansion) projects under the COVID-19...

On October 5, 2021, the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria passed the Establishment of the Tertiary Hospitals Development Fund Bill 2021 (the "Bill"), which seeks to impose new taxes on companies...

Telemedicine refers to the delivery of healthcare services such as diagnosis, treatment, and prevention remotely with the use of Information and Telecommunication Technology.

In Nigeria's dynamic corporate landscape, professional negligence remains a critical issue that undermines trust, operational efficiency, and public welfare.

Nigeria's largest purchaser of healthcare and regulator of all health insurance schemes has entered the next phase of its journey to better measure and improve the quality of care in its network by working with PharmAccess.

On 28th June, 2024, President Bola Tinubu signed an Executive Order introducing zero tariffs, excise duties, and VAT on imported pharmaceuticals to revitalise Nigeria's Health Sector.

On 19 September 2025, the amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005), approved by the World Health Assembly on 1 June 2024, entered into effect.

Artificial Intelligence pervades all spheres of human endeavor and can be seen in nearly every industry shaping the future at every turn.

Faced with the uncertainty as to the actual number of people infected with the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, the current spike in number of infected persons (particularly in Lagos State) and the projected surge...

Despite efforts by the Nigerian government to address the issues of people dying from gunshot wounds by signing into law the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act 2017, news reports show that the...