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Kano Clinic Shut For Treating Severe COVID-19 Cases

The Kano State Government said on Wednesday that it had closed UMC Hospital in the Kano metropolis f…

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Ekiti State Government Sensitises Residents To COVID-19 Vaccination

The Ekiti State Government has urged residents of the state not to be apprehensive in taking COVID-1…

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COVID-19: NCDC, NCC Activate 6232 Toll Free Code For Verified Information

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with support from the Nigerian Communications Commissi…

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COVID-19 Raising Cancer Deaths, Say WHO, Specialists

As nations mark World Cancer Day today, there are concerns that COVID-19 has further reduced the cha…

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JOHESU Threatens Nationwide Strike Over MDCN Bill

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AH…

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Novel Mentorship Programme Helps Stall Brain Drain For 12 Nigerian Doctors

The fortunes of the Nigerian health sector received a boost recently as 12 medical doctors in divers…

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COVID-19: Kano Govt Shuts Hospital for Attending to Severe COVID-19 Cases

Kano state government has shut down UMC Hospital in the state capital to check the excesses of its m…

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COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 1,634 New Infections, Toll Now 133,552

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,634 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID…

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Ondo Doctors Protest Salary Slash, Begin Indefinite Strike

The doctors in Ondo State on Tuesday  embarked on an indefinite strike over alleged poor welfare by …

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COVID-19: WHO Team Visits Wuhan Lab

World Health Organization experts on Wednesday inspected a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan that some US…

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Worries as Osun Records Five Cases Of Deadly UK Strain of COVID-19

Osun State Government has said that the state in the past few days recorded five cases of the violen…

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COVID-19 Vaccine: PTF Will Take Necessary Steps To Overcome Supply Challenges – NPHCDA

The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, …

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NMA urges NASS to expedite action on pending health bills

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has urged the National Assembly to expedite action on the pass…

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COVID-19: Nigeria To Receive 16 Million Vaccine Doses

The federal government has announced its readiness to take delivery of 16 million doses of vaccines …

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‘Only 35,000 Doctors Practising In Nigeria’

Out of the 72,000 registered medical doctors in Nigeria, only 35,000 are currently practising, it wa…

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NCDC Records 676 New COVID-19 Cases, 21 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 676  new cases of Coronavirus infections (COVID…

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Strange Disease Hits Bauchi, Ten Villagers Hospitalised

A strange illness that causes swollen legs has hit Bara village of Kirfi LGA in Bauchi State with 10…

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NMA Seeks Establishment of Health Bank, Others

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for the establishment of a bank for health and the…

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Only Ph.D Holders in Health Sector Should Bear ‘Doctor’ – JOHESU

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) Monday recommended that only doctorate degree holders in the…

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Doctors Lament Rising COVID-19 Infections, Deaths Among Colleagues

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have rais…

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