Special Reports and Investigations

Abuja has 15 public secondary hospitals but they are now insufficient as the Nigerian capital's population has more than doubled.

Accessing care can be a life-threatening ordeal, especially for people in the rural areas of Benue State where the burden...

Since the launch of the intervention, the CMD said the hospital conducts an average of 60 free dialysis sessions a...

Due to insufficient funding of the policy, out-of-pocket spending remains the primary method of financing maternity services in public hospitals...

For residents of Umuenwene Iji Nike, a community in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, Mmiri Ihe Ọjọọ...

An analysis of NCDC data in the last five years shows that 197 healthcare workers contracted Lassa fever in Nigeria.

PREMIUM TIMES reports on a rising trend of rape in Kano, the obstacles to justice for victims and the efforts...

A report has revealed that gender-based violence has reached unsettling heights in Kano State, prompting a critical examination of the...

Nigeria ranks first in Africa and sixth in the world, accounting for about 4.6 per cent of the global tuberculosis...

Despite efforts by the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), a significant portion of waste remains uncollected, cluttering sidewalks, open spaces,...

While the life expectancy for a man is estimated at 58.2 years in the South-west, it is 50.8 years in...

Between 1955 and 1960, the late Obafemi Awolowo, then Premier of the defunct Western Region, established farm settlements and institutes...

When left untreated, Noma kills between 70 and 90 per cent of those affected, while survivors are left with varying...

While surrogacy and other methods of assisted reproductive services offer a lot of hope to intended parents, many fertility clinics,...

One official also offered a 12.5 per cent discount for referrals on testing, saying the reporter could pocket N5,000 on...

A federal government initiative is changing the face of previously dilapidated primary healthcare centres across Akwa Ibom state; strengthening them...

In Northern Nigeria, Methylene Chloride, locally known as 'Sukurdai' among locals, is one of the most abused substances.

In joining the cancer awareness campaign, PREMIUM TIMES will, in the coming days and weeks, give a special attention to...

Teenagers account for 40 per cent of the antenatal visits to the Imude maternity centre, an official says.

Nigeria failed to achieve the Family Planning target of enabling more women and girls of reproductive age to have access...

Experts also proffer solutions as the COVID-19 lockdowns disrupted family planning schemes in Nigeria.