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Nigeria Records 684 New Cases As Total Number Of Infections Hits 23, 298

Nigeria has recorded 684 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the count…

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Kano Mulls Compulsory Drug Test For Civil Servants, Tertiary Students

Kano State government has disclosed plans to introduce compulsory drug test for civil servants and s…

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COVID-19: Fear Grips Imo Residents As Cases Rise To 268

Fear has gripped Imo residents following the consistent spike in the number of confirmed cases of CO…

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Kano Govt To Begin Compulsory Drug Tests For Political Office Holders, Civil Servants, Students

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has said that plans are underway to begin compulsory drug tests for p…

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#ICN: Virtual Events Cast Spotlight On Powerful Role Of Women And Nurses, And Need For More Testing During COVID-19 Pandemic

Annette Kennedy, President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), along with other women poli…

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Oyo Sports Commissioner Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Seun Fakorede has tested positive for coronavirus.     …

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Resident Doctors In Bayelsa Suspend Strike For 3 Weeks

Resident doctors at the Bayelsa Government-owned Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH) Ok…

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Cameron Slams WHO Over COVD-19, Canvasses Its Replacement

Former British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has called for the replacement of the World Health Org…

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Global Drug Use Rising, Says UNODC

No fewer than 269 million people used drugs worldwide in 2018, which is 30 per cent more than in 200…

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20 Bayelsa Doctors Infected By COVID-19 – Resident Doctors

No fewer than 20 medical doctors in Bayelsa State have tested positive for COVID-19. The President, …

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PSN Petitions IGP Over Killing Of Pharmacists

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed…

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Nigerian Medical Association Congratulations Message to Mr. President His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR

On behalf of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), I express our heartfelt congratulations to His E…

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Anambra Varsity Provost Dies, COVID-19 Result Being Awaited

The Provost of College of Health Sciences of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Anam…

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Molecular Testing More Reliable Than Rapid Testing – Ex-AMLSN President

A former President, Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, Dr Toyosi Raheem, has s…

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PPE Scarcity Killing More Nigerians Than COVID-19 – Physician

Apublic health physician, Dr Laz Eze, has said the lack of Personal Protective Equipment may be kill…

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Nigeria Record 594 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 22,614

Nigeria has recorded 594 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections…

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Enugu State Records 30 New Cases Of COVID-19

The Enugu State Government has announced 30 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease, bringing the…

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We Have Only Seven Patients In Our Isolation Centre – Ogun Government

The Ogun Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, on Thursday, said only seven out of 721 patients we…

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Cross River Records First COVID-19 Case

Cross River State has recorded its first coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case. This report neither ca…

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NCDC Raises The Alarm Over Community Transmission Of COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) yesterday raised the alarm over increasing cases of c…

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