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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has suspended its plan to commence strike on January 12.
The suspension was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by Shuaibu Ibrahim, secretary-general of NARD.
The association had earlier announced the strike in an update issued after its emergency national executive council (E-NEC) meeting held on January 2.
NARD said it wanted to embark on the strike to press home their demands from the Federal Government.
Renowned writer Chimamanda Adichie has accused a Lagos hospital of medical negligence over the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu Nnamdi.
The novelist’s son died on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, after a brief illness.
In a statement on Saturday posted on social media, Adichie said her son was taken to Euracare Hospital for an MRI scan and the insertion of a central line. He was sedated for the procedures but, according to her, was not properly monitored after being given propofol, which led to complications including loss of responsiveness, seizures and eventual cardiac arrest.
She said her son “would be alive today if not for an incident at Euracare Hospital on January 6th,” where he had gone for the procedures.
Adichie explained that the family had travelled to Lagos for Christmas when her son fell ill with what they initially thought was a cold, but which later “turned into a very serious infection.”
“We were in Lagos for Christmas. Nkanu had what we first thought was just a cold, but soon turned into a very serious infection, and he was admitted to Atlantis Hospital.
“He was to travel to the US the next day, January 7th, accompanied by travelling doctors. A team at Johns Hopkins was waiting to receive him in Baltimore. The Hopkins team had asked for a lumbar puncture test and an MRI,” she said.
