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Resident Doctors May Call Off Strike Today

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) may call off its nine-week-old strike today. The…

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NCDC Announces 161 Additional Infections, Total Now 205,940

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 161 new cases of COVID-19 in the country…

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NMA Demands Arrest of Akunyili’s Killers

The Nigerian Medical Association has condemned the murder of Dr Chike Akunyili, the husband of the l…

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Nigeria Misses WHO Target, Vaccinates 1.8%

Nigeria has missed the 10 per cent target set by the World health Organisation, fully vaccinating on…

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UNICAL Cautions New Doctors Against Unethical Practices

The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has cautioned 63 newly inducted doctors against unethical practic…

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Fear Grips Residents As Imo Records 124 COVID-19 Cases In Single Day

Following a report on September 27, 2021, by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), placing …

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Nigeria Misses Out As 15 African Nations Hit 10% COVID-19 Vaccination Target

Having vaccinated roughly four per cent of its population, Nigeria is missing out, as 15 African cou…

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FG Denies Plan To Enforce Vaccine Passport In December

The Federal Government, yesterday, refuted the plan to begin enforcement of vaccine passports at nat…

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Nigeria Records 81,413 Suspected Cholera Cases with 2,791 Deaths

Nigeria has disclosed that a total of 81,413 suspected cases of cholera have so far been recorded in…

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World Heart Day: Doctors Offer Free Medical Services In Spite Strike

The national Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan,  on …

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Nigeria Ready as WHO Seeks To Eliminate Bacterial Meningitis by 2030 — NCDC DG

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says Nigeria has keyed into the global roadmap to defe…

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WHO Appoints Tomori COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group Member

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has appointed a renowned Nigerian professor of virology, Profess…

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Cardiac Society Employs Telemedicine, Artificial Intelligence To Treat Heart Disease

As part of efforts to boost cardiovascular (heart) care in emergency and disaster situation, the Nig…

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Edo Urges Vaccination To Reduce Casualties, Records Three Fresh Deaths

Edo State Government has restated the need for more residents to get inoculated with the COVID-19 va…

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Senate Passes Bill To Establish Federal Medical Centre In Ebonyi

The Senate has passed a bill to provide a legal framework for the establishment of the Federal Medic…

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FCT Leads As NCDC Announces 295 New COVID-19 Infections

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says The FCT topped the list of 295 new COVID-19 infec…

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NMA Meets FG, Blames Past NARD Excos for Strike

The Nigerian Medical Association has attributed the ongoing strike by the National Association of Re…

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Address Our Demands Before its Late, JOHESU Tells FG

The Joint Health Sector Unions and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations have called …

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LAUTECH Doctors on Strike after Alleged Assault on Colleague by Politician

The management of the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, has accused a politici…

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NMA, NARD Meet Ngige, Move To Resolve Issues

The newly elected leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors and the Nigerian Medica…

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