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Nigerian Health Workers In New Strike Over Hazard Pay

Nigerian health workers launched a strike Monday over pay, COVID-19 bonuses and inadequate facilitie…

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Minister Inaugurates Committee On COVID-19 Herbal Cure

In a bid to find a home-grown solution for the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister of Science and Techno…

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JOHESU Strike To Endanger More Lives, Says FG

The Presidential Task Force (PTF), yesterday, admitted that the ongoing strike by the Joint Health S…

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Reddington Armoured Shield To Offer Free COVID-19 Treatment To International Air Travelers

The Reddington Armoured Shield Medical Center has concluded plans to  offer free medical treatment t…

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I Didn’t Ask Resident Doctors To Forfeit Salary Arrears –Ikpeazu

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has denied asking resident doctors in the state to forfeit the…

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Rotary To Build Prostate Cancer Centre In Ogun

Rotarians in District 9110 are set to commission an ultra-modern test centre for prostate cancer in …

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Foundation Tests 300 For COVID-19, Tuberculosis In Imo

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation (KNCV) has tested at least 300 Imo State residents for tuberculosis and…

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‘AIDS, TB, Malaria Deaths, Infection Could Skyrocket In Next 12 Months’

A new report by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, published today, has warned…

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Pharmacists, Nurses, Others Begin Indefinite Strike Today Over Welfare

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

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COVID-19: 64 Patients Recover, 79 New Cases Recorded – NCDC

Sixty-four Coronavirus (COVID-19), patients recovered from the infection across Nigeria in the last …

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Bringing COVID-19 Vaccine To The World; A Race Of Prowess

In Professor Wole Soyinka’s play titled “The Lion and the Jewel”, the king or lion was able to win S…

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Oxford coronavirus vaccine trials RESUME as they get the all-clear from regulators

Trials of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University will resume after …

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WHO And Africa CDC Launch COVID-19 Laboratories Network

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) have launched a…

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Bill Gates, Dangote, Health Minister Commend Borno’s Healthcare Delivery System

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Mr. Bill Gates, and Aliko Dangote have applauded the hea…

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FG Urges Health Workers To Shelve Impending Strike

The Federal Government has urged the Joint Health Sector Union and Assembly of Health Care Unions Pr…

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PCN Seals 439 Illegal Pharmaceutical Premises In Akwa Ibom

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, PCN, has sealed a total of 439 pharmaceutical premises comprisin…

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COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 197 New Infections, 5 More Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 197 new cases of COVID-19, with five dea…

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Bayelsa Govt Pledges To Upgrade Health Facilities, Others

The Bayelsa state government on Wednesday restated its commitment towards upgrading facilities at th…

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COVID-19: 10% Of Positive Cases In Nigeria Are Children — Health Minister

The Minister of State, Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, says 10 per cent of positive  Coronavirus ca…

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Resident Doctors In Zamfara Issue One Week Strike Notice

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau in Zamfara ha…

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