Kenyan Nurse’s Three-Year UK Journey – The Early Mistakes She Still Regrets Today
A Kenyan nurse living in the United Kingdom has shared four things she regrets not doing sooner after arriving three...
Africa’s Nursing Revolution: The Schools, Strikes and Awards That Defined 2025
Africa's nursing sector made solid strides in 2025. Major reports, conferences and policy moves put the profession in the spotlight....
Lagos Oncology Nurse Wins International DAISY Award for Cancer Care Excellence
Adejumoke Oshojah, an oncology nurse at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), has received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses...
21 Nursing Students Return from Finland – With Degrees and Jobs Already Waiting
Twenty-one students from Uasin Gishu County of Kenya have graduated with nursing degrees from Laurea University of Applied Sciences in...
The Hidden Dress Code Keeping African Nurses from Looking Like Themselves
Walk into any major hospital in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana or South Africa. You will see nurses in spotless uniforms. Hair...
UK Resident Doctors Vote Overwhelmingly for Strikes – NHS Braces for Major Disruption in 2026
Resident doctors in the United Kingdom are preparing for more industrial action over pay disputes. In Scotland, 92 % of...
Wrong Anesthesia Kills Patient – Private Hospital in Sealed After Family Outrage
A 30-year-old man has died at The Moon Hospital, a private facility between the new bus stand and Gate Bazaar...
Nurse Who Beat Childhood Diabetes Now Teaches Teens How to Live Without Limits
Claire Vine was just five years old when doctors diagnosed her with Type 1 diabetes. They told her parents her...
Retired Nurse Opens Door to Homeless Teen – Pays With His Life in Brutal Attack
A 67-year-old retired nurse named John Joseph Torneo has been killed in his home. The suspect is 19-year-old Julian Andre...
Is Social Media Helping or Hurting the Image of African Nursing?
Social media has become a daily part of life for many nurses in Africa. Platforms like TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and...
Anaesthetist Gets Life Sentence for Poisoning Patients in Operating Room
A court in eastern France has sentenced former anaesthetist Frédéric Péchier, 53, to life in prison with a minimum of...
HEFAMAA Storm Agege – Cracking Down on Unregistered Clinics in Lagos Communities
The Lagos State Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) has taken its community sensitisation campaign to Agege Local Government....
Veteran Nurse Struck Off After Repeated Sexual Assaults on Junior Colleague
A nurse with 25 years of experience has been removed from the professional register after a Nursing and Midwifery Council...
Over 6,000 Nurses and Midwives in Ghana Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Salaries
The Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives has threatened industrial action if the government does not pay their 11-month salary...
Professor Urges Nurses to Master Emotional Management for True Patient Care
Professor Simeon Okubiyi of the University of Ilorin has called on nurses to develop strong skills in caring and emotional...
Boxer Who Brutally Attacked Hospital Doctor Returns Days Later – And Dies
Man attacks doctor at Aigio Hospital, flees police, returns days later with severe pain & dies. Forensic exam pending to...
Hourly Pay or Fixed Salary – One Is Quietly Driving Nurses Away from the Profession
Every nurse in Africa knows the feeling. You work back-to-back shifts, cover nights and weekends, handle emergencies that no one...
Yoruba Nurses Fly Home from Abroad to Give Ogun Residents Free Medical Care
Yoruba Nurses in Diaspora host free healthcare outreach in Ogun State 16 Dec 2025: blood pressure, glucose, vision tests, breast...
“Four Mothers, One Bed” – Inside the Overcrowded Nakuru Maternity Unit Where Women Sleep in Shifts
Nakuru's Margaret Kenyatta maternity unit overcrowded: up to 4 mothers & babies per bed, women sleep in shifts or on...
Peter Obi Returns to Nursing College He Capped – And Drops ₦10 Million Surprise
Peter Obi gives ₦10 million to Imo nursing college weeks after capping its first graduates. He urges students to aim...
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