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COVID-19 May Force 2.5m Girls Into Child Marriage, Says Don

Studies have revealed that about 2.5 million girls are at risk of getting into early marriage in the…

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Resident Doctors Suspend Strike In Rivers

Barely six days after the Rivers State government directed resident doctors under its payroll to sus…

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FG Certifies Moderna COVID-19 Safe, Reschedules Second Vaccination For Aug 16

The relevant health authorities, including the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and …

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Nine Die At Russia Covid Hospital After Oxygen Pipe Rupture

Nine coronavirus patients died Monday in Russia’s republic of North Ossetia after an oxygen pipe rup…

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UCH Resident Doctors Defy No-Work-No-Pay Directive

The resident doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, yesterday, defied the no-work…

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Two Plagues Hit Nigeria: 653 Dead As 22 States, FCT Battle Cholera, Covid-19 Third Wave Festers

Amid increasing COVID-19 cases, Nigeria is facing a concurrent outbreak of cholera which is spreadin…

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Resident Doctors: PGF DG Slams Labour, Health Ministers, Wants Strikes In Health Sector Criminalized

Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, a think-tank for Governors of the ruling A…

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Pharmacists Hail Efforts at Medicine Security in Hospitals

In an effort to boost medicine security in hospitals in the country, all Federal Health Institutions…

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UNICEF Harps on Exclusive Breastfeeding for Children’s Wellbeing

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the l…

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Doctors Strike: NMA Keeps Mum Despite FG’s Threat

Despite threats by the Federal Government, through the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chri…

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No-Work-No-Pay Directive: FG Battles NARD, Opens Attendance Registers, Resident Doctors Adamant

The Federal Government has mandated all chief medical directors in teaching hospitals across the cou…

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NARD STRIKE: Distressed Patients Beg FG for Speedy Resolution

DISTRESSED patients and their relatives at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, RSUTH, Por…

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NARD Dares FG, Vows to Continue Strike as Govt Threatens To Sack Striking Doctors

As the strike embarked by the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, enters its 5th day, th…

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Halt COVID Booster Doses Until Poorer Countries Can Vaccinate, WHO Tells Rich Countries

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots un…

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Strike: We Can’t Be Intimidated, Doctors Tell Ngige

The National Association of Resident Doctors on Friday said its members were not moved by the threat…

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COVID-19: Nigeria’s Active Cases Surpass 9,000, As Infections Continue To Surge

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), says the number of active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria i…

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UNICEF, WHO Advocates Breastfeeding-Friendly Environments For Mothers, Babies.

“Initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour of birth, followed by exclusive breastfeeding for…

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ABIA: JOHESU Suspends Strike After Meeting With State Govt

Health workers in Abia state under the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, have suspended their stri…

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 566 New Cases, 11 Deaths, As Infections Surge

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday reported 566 additional COVID-19 infection…

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Don’t Destabilise Nigeria, Embrace Dialogue, FG Tells Striking Doctors

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been urged not to allow itself to be used as…

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