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Nigerian Doctor to Unveil Digital Hospital, Medical Varsity

A Nigerian doctor, Richard Okoye, has concluded plans to unveil a digital hospital, medical varsity …

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Abuja Primary Health Care Centres’ Unending Battles with Age-Long Challenges amid COVID-19 Fear

In this piece, John Alechenu takes a cursory look at the state of primary health care delivery in th…

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Doctors Resume Work, NARD Meets FG on No-Work No-Pay Rule, Others

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Wednesday resumed work following 64 days nationwide …

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Beware Of Fake Nursing School Admission Forms, Edo Govt Warns

The Edo State Government has alerted residents on the activities of fraudsters selling fake hard cop…

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WHO Approves First Malaria Vaccine for Children

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vacc…

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NAFDAC Cautions Consumers on Dietary Product

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has implored consumers to …

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Nigerian Doctors among World’s Best, Says UNTH CMD

The Chief Medical Director of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu State, Prof.…

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JOHESU Suspends Threat to Shutdown Healthcare Services

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) …

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COVID-19: NCDC Reports 141 New Infections

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it recorded 141 new cases of COVID-19 across the coun…

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Death of Cyclist in LASUTH: Strike Action Played Major Role - CMD

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, has explained the circumstances that led to th…

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Resident Doctors Suspend 63 Days Old Strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, yesterday suspended its 63 days strike.Disclosin…

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Strike Suspended For Salary Payment On IPPIS, No-Work No-Pay Unresolved – NARD

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Monday knocked the governments of Abia, Imo, Ekiti a…

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Panel Should Probe OAU Health Centre Operations – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities of the  Obafemi Awolowo University has urged the university…

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Public Health Expert Preaches Importance of Peace

A public health physician, senior lecturer at the University of Lagos and Executive Director of Peac…

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Edo Vaccinates 136,000 Persons, Records Five Deaths, 84 New COVID-19 Cases

The Edo State Government has ramped up the vaccination of more residents with the COVID-19 vaccines,…

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UCTH Medical Interns Protest against 11 Months Unpaid Salaries

Barely 24 hours after resident doctors suspended their strike, 352 intern doctors of the University …

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Nigerian Resident Doctors Call Off Two Months Strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its nationwide strike.  The doctor…

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Doctors Seek Safe Environment, Challenge Govt on Insecurity

Doctors under the aegis of the Association of Nigerian private Medical practitioners, Lagos state ch…

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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Rise To 206,138

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases continues to rise, as 74…

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Concerns Mount as Lagosians Struggle to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Lagosians who are yet to get COVID-19 vaccines are expressing concerns over the increasing bottlenec…

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