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Don’t Sack House Officers, NYSC Doctors, Medical Guild Tells Govt

Doctors employed by the Lagos State Government under the aegis of Medical Guild have urged the gover…

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Govt Hospitals Grounded As Resident Doctors Begin Strike

The nationwide strike by resident doctors went ahead on Monday as planned with a warning from the Na…

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NARD Strike: Ogun FMC Starts Discharging Patients

Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta has started discharging patients on admission as members of th…

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FG Confirms COVID-19 Third Wave Amid Doctor’s Strike

Lagos State has recorded about 30 deaths since the COVID-19 third wave hit Nigeria last month. This …

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No Going Back On Indefinite Strike, Resident Doctors Vow

Patients and their relatives in over 56 teaching hospitals and federal health institutions across th…

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Nigeria Receives 4m Doses of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine from US

Nigeria has received four million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States as it…

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NAFDAC Seeks End to Made-In-Nigeria Food Products Rejection

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Moji…

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COVID-19: NCDC Announces 407 New Infections

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 407 new COVID-19 infections from 16 stat…

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COVID-19 Won’t Be Last Pandemic, WHO Warns

The World Health Organisation has said the COVID-19 pandemic might not be the last the world would w…

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COVID-19 Cases, Others to Suffer As 16,000 Resident Doctors Begin Strike Today

The fear of complications in new COVID-19 cases and related deaths is real as doctors under the aegi…

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COVID-19: Nigeria Registers 1,683 Cases In 3 Days As Infections Surge Again

Nigeria has recorded more than 500 COVID-19 cases in daily figures for the third time on Friday as t…

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Radiographers Seek End to Quackery, Threaten To Prosecute Erring Practitioners

The Radiographers’ Registration Board of Nigeria (RBBN) has called for an end to quackery in radiodi…

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Ehanire Unveils Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine Production in Nigeria

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, yesterday, said plans were underway to conclude a bid fo…

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COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments to African Nations Receive Boost

The World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, announced that COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa …

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COVID-19: Nigeria’s Cases Surge Again, As Infections Contract In Lagos

Nigeria’s latest surge in coronavirus infections gathered pace on Wednesday with new confirmed cases…

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Teaching Hospitals’ Debt to Drug Manufacturers Hits N30bn — PSN

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, on Wednesday raised the alarm over what it described as …

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FG Approves N8.5bn for Medical Research, Others

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), has approved N8.5 billion naira for the conduc…

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Bauchi Vaccinates 1.5 Million Residents against Cholera

Bauchi State Government has begun the vaccination of 1.5 million residents of the state against chol…

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US To Send 10 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines to Nigeria, South Africa

The United States has said it will ship nearly 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria and …

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COVID-19 Deaths Jump By 21% in One Week, WHO Laments

The World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, raised the alarm that the global number of coronavir…

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