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COVID-19: Delta Records 532 Cases, Orders Offices Decontamination

Delta State has recorded 532 confirmed cases of coronavirus as at June 23, a top aide to Gov. Ifeany…

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Bayelsa Government Wades Into Resident Doctors’ Strike

Activities are picking up at Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), O…

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Over 49 Health Officials Contract COVID-19 As Enugu Cases Rise By 68

Shortly after the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) unveiled a COVID-19 Testing Centre …

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‘Nigeria May Lose Out On COVID-19 Vaccine’

As the world races to find a wonder drug for COVID-19, the Federal Government may have to boost its …

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NCDC, WHO Laud Akwa Ibom Government On Investment In Healthcare

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has commended Akwa Ibom State government for investing…

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FMC Shuts Ward After Two-Year-Old Girl Tests Positive For COVID-19

The Management of the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba Abeokuta, Ogun state has shut down the Childre…

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#ICN: Evidence-Based Policy Dialogue Strengthens Nursing Workforce

Day Two of the ICN-WHO-ICM Triad 2020 meetings opened with a focus on Policy Dialogue for Strengthen…

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#ICN: Nurses And Midwives Look To The Future Of Next Global Strategic Directions For Nursing And Midwifery

The third and final day of the ICN-WHO-ICM Triad 2020 meetings focused on a review of the current Gl…

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FCT, Oyo Medical Workers Protest Non-Payment Of Allowances

Medical workers of the FCT COVID-19 Response Team on Monday marched through the streets of Abuja to …

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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Hit 20,244, NCDC Says

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 436 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the…

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Bayelsa Records One New Death, 14 New Cases Of COVID-19

The Bayelsa COVID-19 Task Force, has recorded one new death and 14 confirmed cases from the Coronavi…

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No State Is Coronavirus-Free, NCDC Insists

Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, yesterday s…

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Why Rivers Need More COVID-19 Testing Centres, By Peterside

Immediate past Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), …

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Disease Outbreak Looms In Taraba IDPs

Outbreak of epidemics is imminent in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Taraba State d…

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SERAP Sues FG, NCDC Over COVID-19 Funds

To ensure accountability in the expenditure of the COVID-19 funds, the Socio-Economic Rights and Acc…

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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Hit 20,244, NCDC Says

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 436 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the…

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Government Yields, Okays N13.6b For Docs’ Insurance, Hazard Allowance

The Federal Government yesterday yielded to the demands of the National Association of Resident Doct…

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‘70% COVID-19 Active Cases In Kano Asymptomatic’

Kano State Task Force on COVID-19 has declared that 70 per cent of the active cases in the state are…

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Enugu, Edo States Condemn Rising Cases Of Coronavirus

Residents of Enugu State have expressed anxiety over reports of increasing cases of coronavirus, as …

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More Persons Contract COVID-19 As Bayelsa Records 155 Cases, Nine Deaths

The preventive measures notwithstanding, Bayelsa State has witnessed spike in number of COVID-19 pat…

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