May 14, 2026

BREAKING! Former Nigerian Minister of Health, Babatunde Osotimehin Is Dead

By Farouk Mohammed

The Executive Director of the United Nations Populations Fund, UNFPA, Babatunde Osotimehin, is dead.

Mr. Osotimehin, Nigeria’s former health minister and former head of Nigeria’s aids agency, NACA, died in the early hours of Monday.

Up until his death, the 68-year-old was the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Born February 6, 1949, the 68-year-old was also a former Provost of the College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan.

He was appointed the fourth Executive Director of UNFPA in November 2010 and was reappointed in August 2014.

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