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Police Nab Fake Doctor Who Aborts Pregnancies in Katsina

Policemen in Katsina State have arrested a 38-year-old fake doctor, Joseph Umaru,  who specia…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: Doctors, Health Workers Can’t Receive Equal Pay – FG

The Federal Ministry of Health has told health workers who are currently on strike that their dema…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: Federal Government, JOHESU Hold Crucial Meeting Monday

The federal government and the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), will reconvene on Monday in a …

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Joint Health Sector Unions & Assembly of Health Care Professionals Fallacious Misconception by the Honourable Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewele

President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR President & Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces  …

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Lassa Fever: NCDC Advises Plateau Government to Establish Emergency Center

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has advised the Plateau Government to create an emer…

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FG Launches Disease Surveillance Project in Wake of Ebola

Nigeria launches its project for regional disease surveillance systems enhancement (REDISSE) to sh…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: Kwara Health Workers to Commence Indefinite Strike, May 2

The Kwara State Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) says it will commence a…

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Buhari Commissions Air Force Hospital, Bauchi

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned a new Nigerian Air Force Reference Hospital at…

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Pharmacists Seek Cheaper Exchange Rate for Anti-Malaria Drugs

Pharmacists have identified Nigerians’ inability to afford anti-malaria drugs as a major fac…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: Senior Workers Caution Government on Strike

The Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institute and Associate…

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Join Your Peers at the World Health Professions Regulation Conference

Join your peers at World Health Professions Regulation Conference to discuss these topics and more…

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Paracetamol in Pregnancy Raises Children’s Risk of Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism by 30%

Pregnant women who take paracetamol are up to 30 per cent more likely to have children with attent…

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Antibiotics Cut Death Rates Among Infants in Poor Countries by 25%

To stem the rise in antibiotic resistance, researchers recommend that people only take the drugs a…

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Doctors Cure Seven Adult Patients of Sickle Cell Disease Using Stem Cells

Doctors at the University of Illinois Hospital have cured seven adult patients of sickle cell dise…

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Children Rescued From Lagos Baby Factory

Nigerian media report that 162 babies and children have been rescued from three illegal orphanages…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: FG, JOHESU Meeting Deadlocked

The meeting between the Federal Government and the striking Joint Health Sector Unions which laste…

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Nigerian Navy List of Successful Candidates for DSSC Course 25 Recruitment Exercise 2018

The Nigerian Navy wishes to inform the general public the candidates whose names appear in the lin…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: PSN Threatens ‘Vote of no Confidence’ on Health Minister

As the strike action embarked upon by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) continues, the Pharma…

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Nigerian Govt Approves Licensing, Commercialisation of Anti-Sickle Cell Drug

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has given approval to the National Institute for Pharmaceutica…

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#JOHESUStrike2018: Notification of the Resumption of the Suspended Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) Strike Action In Lagos State

The Head of Service Public Service Office Alausa-Ikeja   NATIFICATION OF THE RESUMPTI…

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