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Buhari loses family doctor
President Muhammadu Buhari has lost his family doctor, Dr Marliya Zayyana, the former Chairperson of the Governing Council, Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State.
The President expressed sadness over the development in a…
948 Pharmacies, patent medicine shops sealed in Kano, Lagos
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has shut down 157 pharmacies and 791 patent medicine shops in Kano and Lagos in August over alleged operational misconducts.
Dr Elijah Mohammed, PCN Registrar disclosed this in an…
Resident doctors to begin nationwide industrial action on Monday
The National Association of Resident Doctors, (NARD) has directed its members across the country to proceed on a nationwide industrial action from Monday next week in protest against what it described as government insensitivity…
Enugu records 100% success in target polio vaccination says official
The Enugu Government has achieved 100 per cent success coverage in the just concluded ‘specific-target’ polio vaccination in the state.
Dr George Ugwu, Executive-Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency…
US says it won’t join global effort to find COVID-19 vaccine
United States (US) said Tuesday that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine because it does not want to be constrained by multilateral groups like the World Health…
Russia to commence supply of coronavirus vaccine in September
Russia will begin large-scale provision of the coronavirus vaccine in September, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Monday.
“The vaccines will be supplied first and foremost to health care workers and teachers,” Murashko…
Doctors in Abuja begin strike over non-payment of COVID-19 hazard allowance
The ongoing efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Abuja may suffer an abrupt setback, as the Federal Capital Territory chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors has concluded plans to embark on an indefinite strike…
Lagos health commissioner recovers from COVID-19
About a week after he tested positive for the COVID-19 pandemic, Commissioner for Health, Lagos State, Prof. Akin Abayomi has recovered from the rampaging virus.
His colleague in the Lagos State Executive Council and Commissioner for…
India sets global record with 78,761 single-day rise in COVID-19 cases
India on Sunday reported the biggest single-day jump in coronavirus infections of any nation in the COVID-19 pandemic, as the epicentre shifts to the south Asian giant.
India’s 78,761 cases exceeded the 77,299 recorded in the…
Nigeria records 250 new COVID-19 infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total of 250 new COVID-19 infections in the country.
With the latest number of cases, Nigeria has now recorded a total 53, 727 cases so far.
The breakdown of the…