Healthcare

December 06, (THEWILL) — Global efforts to expand access to essential health services advanced as 15 countries launched National Health Compacts five-year reform plans to strengthen primary care, improve affordability, and boost job-rich economic growth. The announcement came at...

August 06, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu has directed the expedited rollout of the free healthcare access initiative for low-income retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), describing it as a critical component of social protection and dignity in...

September 27, (THEWILL) - Nigeria, a country of over 200 million people, is rich in culture, resources, and potential. Yet, in many parts of the nation, especially in rural and impoverished communities, access to basic healthcare remains a...

September 09, (THEWILL) – Two nurses and an unspecified number of patients have been abducted by suspected bandits who invaded the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday. Musa Alhassan, one of...

February 25, (THEWILL) - The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the development of Nigeria’s healthcare sector under the Presidential Initiative for Unlocking Healthcare...

February 21, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is strongly committed to providing excellent healthcare facilities for all Nigerians and will continue to prioritise domestic and foreign direct investments in the sector. The President made these remarks...

January 15, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu says his administration will give more attention to education and healthcare, as well as provide the enablements for industrialisation and investments in consonance with his vision of creating an economically stable and...

December 16, (THEWILL) - Veteran Nigerian Musician, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has narrated how he cheated death in 2023. In a post on his official Instagram page, Charly Boy shared a harrowing near-death experience on Friday,...

November 30, (THEWILL) - Afrobeats superstar, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has cancelled all his shows scheduled for December to focus on his health. Rema made this announcement on his Instagram story on Wednesday, 29 November. Having risen to prominence...

November 26, (THEWILL) The announcement in August this year by pharmaceutical mammoth GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) terminating over 50 years of operations in Nigeria has spotlighted the rapidly decaying state of healthcare and domestic manufacturing in the country. GSK declared that a...