Ischaemic heart disease and stroke have emerged as the two leading causes of death globally, together claiming more than 16 million lives in 2023, according to the latest report by the World Health Organisation. The WHO report revealed that ischaemic heart disease accounted for about 9.5 million deaths in 2023, representing 16 per cent of…
Residents of Lagos State have been warned to exercise extreme caution when buying palm oil following a red alert by the Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) over the increasing circulation of sophisticated adulterated palm oil in markets across the State. The warning has raised fresh concerns about food safety, particularly as experts say some…
The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan I’m chapter, has commenced an indefinite strike over the non-implementation of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare’s recommendation concerning the Director of Pharmaceutical Services, Dr Adeyinka Ishola. The industrial action, which began on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, followed what the…
The health crisis linked to the consumption of suspected poisonous herbal alcoholic drinks in Ondo State has worsened, with the death toll rising to 49 and about 170 people reportedly affected across the State. The latest development has also seen the crisis spread from communities in Odigbo Local Government Area to Irele Local Government Area,…
The Federal Government has taken steps towards decriminalising attempted suicide in Nigeria, following the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for a legislative review of the existing legal framework. The move is aimed at treating attempted suicide primarily as a mental health and public health concern rather than a criminal offence. The Minister of…
Residents of Lagos who regularly stop by roadsides, medians and walkways to purchase food, clothing, household items and other goods may soon face arrest as the State Government intensifies its crackdown on illegal trading. The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has warned that, beginning next week, residents who patronise traders operating in unauthorised public spaces…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered what it described as a disturbing new dimension to Nigeria’s counterfeit-goods crisis, with the Agency alleging that some Chinese Nationals involved in counterfeiting have moved operations into the Country and established local production and distribution networks. The revelation, made amid growing public…
Global Mirror News gathered that the Plateau State Government has ordered the immediate temporary closure of all primary and secondary schools across the state following a diphtheria outbreak that has claimed at least 23 lives, with 148 suspected cases recorded by health authorities. The directive was issued on Saturday, September 5, 2026, by Plateau State…
Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has raised concerns over the use of hazardous chemicals in the production, preservation and ripening of fruits and vegetables in Nigeria, revealing that a laboratory test once found his wife Dolapo Osinbajo’s freshly squeezed orange juice unfit for human consumption. Osinbajo made the disclosure while speaking at the Open Day…
A genetically edited pig kidney has functioned successfully inside a living human patient for 271 days, enabling a 66-year-old American man with end-stage kidney disease to stay off dialysis for about nine months before he eventually received a human donor kidney. The achievement, described by Doctors as the longest recorded dialysis-free survival after a pig-kidney…
