Nationwide healthcare crisis looms as nurses begin 7-day strike Wednesday Hospitals throughout Nigeria are preparing for a nationwide shutdown as nurses from the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Federal Health Institutions Sector, begin a seven-day warning strike starting Wednesday, July 30, 2025. The strike action, which will paralyse healthcare delivery in at least 74 federal medical centres, teaching hospitals, specialist health institutions, state-owned hospitals and primary healthcare centres across the country, is being staged in protest over long-standing issues including poor remuneration, staff shortages, unimplemented allowances, and unsafe...