What happens when a young man’s biggest obstacle to becoming self-employed is not lack of skills, willingness to work or business ideas, but the absence of start-up capital? For some vulnerable Nigerians, the answer appears to be becoming increasingly disturbing: turning to the human body itself as a source of quick money. Reports of young…
Cancer patients enrolled under Nigeria’s National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) scheme are set to receive financial assistance of up to N400,000 to help cover the cost of radiotherapy treatment. The intervention, introduced under a cost-sharing arrangement by the NHIA, is aimed at reducing the financial burden faced by Nigerians battling cancer and improving access to…
A Nigerian Doctor and Health Educator, popularly known as Aproko Doctor, has warned Nigerians against assuming that recurring stomach pain is always caused by ulcer, stressing that some serious illnesses, including stomach cancer, can produce symptoms that resemble those of ulcer. The warning comes amid renewed public conversations about the health of late veteran Nollywood…
The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has launched the South-West Zonal National Community Food Bank in Ogun State, calling on Governments across the region to replicate the initiative as part of concerted efforts to tackle food insecurity, malnutrition and vulnerability among Nigerian families. The initiative was unveiled on Tuesday at the June 12…
Veteran Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, has reportedly been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, with his family appealing to the public for assistance as he continues to receive medical care. Global Mirror News gathered from a report on Monday, August 17, 2026, that the Actor’s daughter disclosed the development in a video…
For a few terrifying moments, the Doctors were no longer battling only to save a life on the operating table, they were also fighting to protect that same patient from a powerful earthquake shaking the room around them. Dramatic CCTV footage from a hospital in Kumamoto, Japan, has captured the frightening moment Surgeons and other…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reaffirmed that its ban on the production, distribution and sale of sachet and other small-volume alcoholic beverages remains in force, stressing that there will be no reversal of the policy aimed at protecting public health, Global Mirror News reports. The Agency disclosed that…
What many Nigerians see as an act of compassion at the scene of a road accident could, in some cases, become a life-threatening mistake. A Nigerian Nurse has cautioned members of the public against giving water to accident victims immediately after a crash, explaining that doing so could worsen their condition or even lead to…
…Nursing Schools Partner Council to Deepen Preventive Healthcare Across 15 Wards The Executive Chairman of Abeokuta South Local Government, Hon. Balogun Olaniyi Afeez (BOA), has reaffirmed his administration’s unwavering commitment to accessible and quality healthcare as more than 1,000 residents benefitted from a comprehensive free medical outreach organised by Ogun State College of Nursing Science…
A tragic incident has left family, friends and members of the Nigerian community in the United Kingdom in mourning after a 27-year-old Nigerian mother, Beatrice Solomon, died by suicide following a prolonged struggle with mental health challenges. Global Mirror News gathered that a Coroner’s Court in the United Kingdom ruled that Beatrice took her own…
