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ABUAD Performs First Endovascular Abdominal Surgery in West Africa

The Afe Babalola University Multi-System Hospital (ABUMSH) in Ado-Ekiti has successfully performed t…

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EU Agency Endorses One-Shot Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended authorizing the one-dose Covid-19 vaccine developed …

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COVID-19 AstraZeneca Vaccine Has No Side Effect – NAFDAC D-G

Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration…

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ICYMI: UK to Stop Recruiting Doctors from Nigeria, 46 Others

The United Kingdom has introduced a new policy in a bid to curb the recruitment of doctors from Nige…

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Nigeria Insists Oxford/Astrazeneca Vaccine is Safe

Nigeria’s National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) said on Thursday that the Oxford/A…

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Anxiety As More European Nations Suspend COVID-19 Vaccine

Anxiety as Nigerians came to learn, yesterday, that the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, current…

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Delta Receives 85,700 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines

As A’Ibom Assembly urges sensitisation, categorisation of vaccination. Delta State Government has re…

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Katsina, Three Others Get 276,564 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

Katsina, Taraba, Kebbi and Zamfara have joined the league of northern states that have taken deliver…

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NCDC Records 287 New COVID-19 Infections, Total Now 159,933

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 287 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the t…

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NCDC Records 394 New COVID-19 Infections

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 394 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), …

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UK Updates COP for International Recruitment of Healthworkers, Restrains Active Recruitment in Nigeria

The UK has updated its code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care …

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COVID-19: Taraba Targets 56,000 Health Workers for Vaccination

As Taraba state anticipates the delivery of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, 56,000 health workers …

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Africa’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Pass 3.98m Mark – Africa CDC

The number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has reached 3,982,844 as of Wednesday…

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Reps, NMA, PSN, Others Back Proposed Jos Orthopaedic Hospital, Medical Centre

House of Representatives and major stakeholders in the health sector have unanimously endorsed the e…

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Ngige Condoles with NLC, MHWUN on Scribe’s Death

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has condoled with the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)…

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Ondo Health Workers Announce Indefinite Strike Over Non-Payment Of Salaries

The workers in Ondo State under the auspices of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, O…

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Katsina Takes Delivery of COVID-19 Vaccines

Katsina State on Wednesday night took delivery of the first batch of the COVID-19 vaccines. The vacc…

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Reps Panel Tweaks NCDC Power to Order Compulsory Vaccination

A committee of the House of Representatives set up to consider the amendment of the Quarantine Act h…

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Enugu Takes Delivery of COVID-19 Vaccines

The Enugu State Government has taken delivery of the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vacc…

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Kano Receives 209,520 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

Kano State Government on Tuesday night took delivery of 209,520 doses of the Oxford-Astrazeneca COVI…

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