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Police Rescues 20 Kidnapped Medical Students
The Nigeria Police Force has announced the successful rescue of 20 medical students and others who were abducted in Benue State on August 15, 2024. According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, the victims…
NCDC Confirms 39 cases of Mpox
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports that there have been 39 confirmed cases of mpox, with no deaths, across 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Jide Idris, Director General of the NCDC,…
World Breastfeeding Week: FG Calls for Support.
The Federal Government of Nigeria in collaboration with other stakeholders, has called for increased support to promote breastfeeding across the country.
At the 2024 World Breastfeeding Week event held in…
Deputy Speaker Expresses Worry Over Report of Estimated 24 Million Nigerians Grappling with Sight…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has revealed that the intendment of the National Eye Centre Act (Amendment) Bill which has scaled first reading in the parliament is to expand access to…
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Gov Otti Suspends Health Commissioner for Alleged Misconduct
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has suspended the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo
According to statement issued by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey Kanu, the suspension of the…
House of Reps direct FG to reinstate sacked MD of Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has directed the Federal Ministry of Health to reinstate Professor Monday Igwe as the Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu.
The committee gave…
Nigeria Produced 130,000 Doctors in 61 Years- MDCN
The Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Dr. Fatima Kyari, on Friday disclosed that Nigeria registered 130,000 doctors in 61 years.
The Registrar also disclosed that despite have registered over 130, 000 medical doctors…
UCH Workers Threaten Strike Over Power Cut
Medical and nonmedical workers of Nigeria’s premier teaching hospital, the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan on Wednesday threatened to down tools over lack of electricity in the expansive hospital complex.
The Ibadan Electricity…
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8 Nigerian Nurses Sue FG Over Compulsary 2-Year Practice Requirement Before Moving Abroad
A group of Nigerian Registered nurses has dragged the Federal Government and the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), to the National Industrial in a suit seeking the immediate revocation of the new guideline for verification of…
FG Hands Over 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital to Kebbi, Kogi States
The ongoing efforts towards ensuring improved well-being of Nigerians gained a boost as Federal Government through the office of the Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) formally handed over…