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WHO DG Dr Tedros And HRH Princess Muna Al-Hussein Open ICN-ICM-WHO Triad 2020 With Focus On Nursing And Midwifery Workforces In The Context Of COVID-19

The ICN-WHO-ICM 8th Global Nursing and Midwifery Triad meetings were opened by WHO DG Dr Tedros Adha…

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NCDC Announces 25 New COVID-19 Deaths In Lagos

Twenty-five more patients have died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos State. The Nigeria…

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FG, Resident Doctors Meeting Stalled

The meeting between the Federal Government and the members of the National Association of Resident D…

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NAFDAC Cautions Business Firms Against Undermining Regulatory Activities

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned business firms …

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Benue Health Workers Threaten To Embark On Strike

Benue State Health workers under the aegis of National Association of Government General Medical and…

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COVID-19 Kills Mother Of Twins, Infects Imo Lawmaker

A woman  who  recently   gave birth to twins  in  Imo  State  has   reportedly  died  of  coronaviru…

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Resident Doctors’ Strike: FG Orders Attendance Registers, Meeting Deadlocked

The Federal Government has directed all medical directors in the country to open attendant registers…

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Ogun Health Commissioner’s Driver Tests Positive

The driver of Dr Tomi Coker, the Ogun State Commissioner for  Health, has reportedly tested positive…

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Lagos Doctors Threaten To Down Tools

The Medical Guild, Lagos State, has threatened to go on strike if the Lagos State Government fails t…

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UK Okays Dexamethasone For COVID-19 Treatment

The steroid dexamethasone was shown Tuesday to be the first drug to significantly reduce the risk of…

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Health Workers Storm Imo Assembly With COVID-19 Kits

There was panic at the Imo State House of Assembly complex in Owerri on Tuesday as health workers de…

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455 Dead As Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 17,000

Confirmed cases of coronavirus have increased to 17,148 in Nigeria. This is after the country record…

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Lagos Overwhelmed, Hospitals, Isolation Centres Filled Up –Doctors

The Lagos branches of the Nigerian Medical Association and the Association of General and Private Me…

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UK Researchers List Drug As Likely COVID-19 Cure

ResearcherS from Oxford University, United Kingdom have achieved a breakthrough in finding a drug to…

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NHRC Records 500 Cases Of Sexual Abuse In Borno

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Borno, says it has recorded about 500 cases of sexual…

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Kano State Govt. Conducts 8,273 COVID-19 Samples Test

Kano State Government says it has conducted 8, 273 coronavirus (COVID-19) samples test since the out…

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JOHESU Demands Recall Of 720 Sacked Akwa Ibom Council Workers

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), Akwa Ibom State Chapter, has given Governor Udom Emmanuel a…

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Oyo Records 68 New COVID-19 Cases, Discharges Nine

Oyo State government said it had recorded another new 68 COVID-19 cases in the state. Governor Seyi …

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Akinkugbe, Nigeria’s First Professor Of Medicine, Dies At 87

Nigeria’s first Professor of Medicine, Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe, yesterday died in Ibadan, Oyo Stat…

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Oyo Records 68 New Cases Of COVID-19

Oyo State has recorded 68 new cases of COVID-19, the latest figures released by the Nigeria Centre f…

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