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Ebola Death Toll Hits 4 in DR Congo as People ‘Resist’ Measures

Four people have died from the hemorrhagic Ebola virus during a new outbreak in the Democratic Repub…

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645 New Infections, 18 Deaths In One Day In Nigeria

A building of the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) is pictured, amid the spread of the coro…

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IMPORTANT NOTICE ON 61ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE WEST AFRICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Due to the public health measures and advisories put in place by the government of the Republic of B…

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Nigerian Mental Health Nurse Dies of COVID-19 in UK

For 10 years, Nigeria-born Oronsaye Okhomina,studied hard day and night ,to qualify as a  registered…

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COVID-19: Edo Records 53 New Cases, 23 Recoveries as Deaths Rise To 42

The Edo government, on Friday, said the state had recorded 53 new cases, 23 recoveries and one more …

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Do Not Give Sick Certificate to the Healthy or Death Certificate to the Living, FG Warns New Doctors

The Federal Government has warned new doctors to resist temptations and never give sick certificate …

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NCDC Places Nigeria at ‘Moderate Risk’ Of Ebola

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has placed Nigeria at ‘moderate risk’ of Ebola outbreak as Gu…

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Russia Makes Available 300m Sputnik V Vaccine Doses to Africa

Russia has made available 300 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine to African countries, the Afric…

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COVID-19: NCDC Reports 877 New Infections, Total Case Count Now 150,246

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 877 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-1…

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COVID-19: WHO Involves Survivors to Sensitise Public

The World Health Organisation (WHO), in collaboration with Kwara Government, has inaugurated the “CO…

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Africa Is Getting Ready To Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines - WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa is getting ready to rollout COVID-19 vaccines as WHO…

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NUC Approves Enugu Federal College’s Degree Programmes

The National Universities Commission has given the Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy,…

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NAFDAC Approves AstraZeneca for COVID-19 Vaccination

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has approved the emergency use of A…

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Two Dead As Ebola Cases Rise To Six in DR Congo

The number of confirmed cases of the Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR…

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FG Bars Trainee Doctors from Joining Strikes

The Federal Government on Thursday warned that henceforth it would no longer allow trainee doctors o…

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Minimum Wage: NLC Declares Strike in Imo, Rivers, Osun, 15 Others

The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed workers in 18 states where the national minimum wage of N30…

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CPC Directs Compulsory HIV, TB Tests for Food Vendors in Kano

The Kano state Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has directed compulsory HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hep…

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NCDC Urged To Step up Efforts to Prevent Importation of Ebola

The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), has urged the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control …

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Experts Fault NAFDAC on Emergency Approval for Oxford, AstraZeneca Vaccine

Medical experts have disagreed on the most appropriate COVID-19 vaccine for the country as the Natio…

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Nigerian Covid-19 Variant ‘Could Be Resistant To Vaccines’

A variant of coronavirus acclaimed to have been initially detected in Nigeria contains a number of m…

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