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NARD Wants Buhari to Lead Talks, Falana Heads Legal Team

STRIKING members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors have called on the President, Major…

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Nigeria Records 46 Cholera Deaths, 1,677 Cases In One Week

The latest epidemiological report released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday revea…

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JOHESU Writes Ngige, Tackles NMA on Welfare Demands

The Joint Health Sector Unions has written to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige,…

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FG Tasks Traditional Practitioners On Local COVID-19 Cure

The Federal Government has charged alternative and traditional medicine practitioners to work hard t…

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FCT Begins Second Phase Of Polio Vaccination

The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has flagged off the second…

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Cholera: NCDC Reports 46 New Deaths In One Week

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says 46 new deaths linked to suspected cholera cases were rec…

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COVID-19: Second Phase Vaccination Exercise Begins In Delta

Delta State Government has commenced the second phase (Phase II) of the COVID 19 Vaccination Exercis…

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Lagos Records 25 COVID-19 Related Deaths, 401 Infections In 3 Days

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state recorded 25 COVID-19 rel…

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Physiotherapists Urged To Embrace Tele-Rehabilitation

The Medical Director of the General Hospital, Ifako Ijaiye, Lagos State, Dr Bamidele Mustapha, has u…

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NAFDAC Raises the Alarm on Circulation of Fake PPE

THE Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has alerted Nigerians to the influx of fake …

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COVID-19: Seven States Stop Testing As Infections Hit 5,773 In 10 Days

About 18 months after Nigeria recorded the index case of the deadly coronavirus, only 1.4 per cent o…

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Strike Continues, NARD Insists After Meeting NMA

The leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association on Sunday met with leaders of the Nigerian Associ…

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COVID-19: Male Nurse, 1 Other Die in Edo

The Edo Government has confirmed the death of a 56-year-old male nurse in Auchi General Hospital and…

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Buhari Urges Striking Doctors to Return to Work

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday has called on health workers to return to their duty posts. He als…

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Strike: We’re Suffering Too, Hold Government Responsible, Doctors Tell Patients

Doctors, under the aegis of National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practition…

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COVID-19 Infections In Africa Has Dropped By 20%, WHO Reveals

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that COVID-19 infections in Africa had dropped by more …

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LUTH Inducts 200 Doctors, Dentists

Prof. Adewale Oke, Provost, College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL), Idi-Araba, has charged …

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Beware Of Reddish Palm Oil, NAFDAC Warns Nigerians

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned Nigerians ag…

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No Illegal Doctors Working With Govt, NARD Faults Ngige

The NARD President, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, stated this Thursday during a virtual interview with ou…

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NMA, NUT differ on Edo threat to bar unvaccinated doctors, teachers

The Edo State Government, on Thursday, said any health worker who refused to be vaccinated would not…

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