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NAFDAC Arraigns Trader Over Importation of Fake Seasonings

A 41-year-old trader, Nnabueze Chibuike, on Wednesday, was arraigned before a Federal High Court sit…

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9 Of 10 Medical Consultants Leaving Nigeria – MDCAN

The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria has shown that nine out of every 10 medic…

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AIDS Day: No End to Infection By 2030 As 1.8m Nigerians Live With HIV

As Nigeria joins the rest of the globe to mark World AIDS Day (WAD), today, it is estimated that no …

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AHF Laments 1.5m New HIV Infections, Says War Against AIDS Not Yet Over

Ahead of World AIDS Day tomorrow, December 1, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has said it will …

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Monkeypox Renamed MPOX, WHO Announces

The World Health Organisation has said it will start using a new preferred term, ‘mpox’, as a synony…

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10,000 Resident Doctors Remaining In Nigeria – NARD

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has said the number of medical doctors in the country d…

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Brexit: 4,000 EU Doctors Leave Britain, Study Finds

Britain’s exit from the European Union has reduced the number of European doctors working in the Nat…

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NAFDAC, CACPP Fault Continued Drug Counterfeiting, Canvass Awareness

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and members of the Coalition A…

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Uganda Extends Quarantine in Ebola Epicentre For 21 Days

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the ep…

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NMA Confirms Arrest of Fake Doctor in Lagos

The Lagos State branch of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yesterday confirmed the arrest of a …

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4,000 Medical Doctors to Migrate Soon – NARD

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has raised alarm over plan by 4,000 of its membe…

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Yuletide: NCDC Warns of Possible COVID-19 Infection Rise

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, has predicted th…

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Post COVID-19: Experts Fear Surge in Mental Health Illness

Experts in mental health have called on stakeholders and governments to put in place measures to for…

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Abuja Hospital Denies Harvesting Teenager’s Kidney, Threatens Legal Action

The management of a popular Abuja health centre, Alliance Hospital, has denied harvesting the kidney…

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UPDATED: CMD Calls for Caution Over Brain Drain

The Chief Medical Director, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo town, Ondo State,…

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‘One Psychiatrist to One Million Nigerians Alarming’

President, Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, Prof. Taiwo Obindo, says Nigeria currently has o…

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1.6 Million Nigerians Undergoing HIV Treatment, Says NACA

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS says 1,619,133 of the 1.9 million Nigerians living with …

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UBTH Offers Free Cancer Screening as NLNG Upgrades ICU Centre

Management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas…

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661 Clinical Staff Resign, Relocate Abroad – UCH CMD

The Chief Medical Director of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Professor Jesse Otegbayo, has dis…

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NMA Confirms Release Of Cross River Doctors

The Nigerian Medical Association, Cross River State chapter, has commended Governor Ben Ayade and se…

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