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The Edo State government has confirmed the death of a pregnant woman at Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin and 15 others in other COVID-19 facilities. Coronavirus Case Management leader, Dr. Ebomwonyi Osagie made the disclosure at a briefing on Monday. The…
Eight people have lost their lives to COVID-19, while 365 others have been infected within the last 24 hours in Nigeria. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), confirmed this in its daily update about the pandemic in the country. This brings…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, called on striking health workers to return to their duty posts. He also urged others contemplating strike action to opt for settlement of issues by negotiation, no matter how long it takes. Buhari made the appeal…
The Edo State Government, on Friday, confirmed the death of a 56-year-old male nurse in Auchi General Hospital and one other person of COVID-19. Ebomwonyi Osagie, Head of the state’s Coronavirus Case Management, said the deceased were not vaccinated. Osagie said…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said this in its infections update on Friday. The additional 727 COVID-19 infections, on Thursday, indicated an increase over the 559 cases reported on Wednesday and was attributed to the third wave surge caused by…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has been urged to intensify campaigns against fake and counterfeit drugs in the country. This is just as stakeholders in the health sector have been enjoined to join the agency…
The Federal Government has insisted that no doctor or health worker is being owed salary. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, said the Federal Government pays the salaries of doctors and health workers when due. He stated this during…
World Health Organisation (WHO) senior officials, on Tuesday, said the Delta strain remains the top concern in countries. The experts found that the variant is highly contagious and appearing to “outcompete” others. Their findings coincide with the emergence of the new…
The FG has announced a deed with aggrieved Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professions Association. On September 3, the unions issued a two-week ultimatum to the government to meet their demands. On Tuesday, Labour Minister, Chris Ngige…
Nigeria, on Monday, recorded four more COVID-19-related deaths and 379 new infections from 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its Website. The NCDC attributed the surge…
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Association have vowed not to go back on their two-week strike notice. The unions’ threat came amid the ongoing industrial action by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). The federal…
Four hundred and fifty-nine, 459, new cases of COVID-19 and 30 deaths have been recorded in the country within the last 24 hours, said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC). This brings Nigeria’s COVID-19 case load to 195,511. Statistics from the…
The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), Imo State council have issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government with effect from midnight, Friday, September, 17th, 2021 to address its demands or contend with health workers strike. JOHESU and its sister unions, the…
The national strike by the Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is currently biting hard in Imo States, as sick patients fill the hallways at the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri with no doctor to attend to them. During a visit to the facility…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has announced 444 cases of coronavirus in 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. NCDC, while giving update on its verified Facebook page on Saturday morning, said seven patients died due to complications from…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has said the federal government will soon make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for civil servants. Mustapha disclosed this during a meeting of the Health Commissioners Forum on Thursday in Abuja. He explained…
No fewer than 15 intending Christian pilgrims have tested positive for coronavirus infection in Delta State. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Asaba, NAN reports. He said that 77 other intending…
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reacted to the appointment of the head of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu as a top official. Ihekweazu was appointed by WHO as its Assistant Director-General for Health Emergency…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed the head of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, as a top official. Ihekweazu will resume as WHO Assistant Director-General for Health Emergency Intelligence from November 1, 2021. The NCDC DG will…
The FG has said it may sanction eligible Nigerians who refuse to take the coronavirus vaccination. This was made known by the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, at a news briefing in Abuja on…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 626 cases of coronavirus in nine states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. NCDC, while giving update on its verified Facebook page on Wednesday morning, said fourteen patients died due to complications from…
For residents of Ondo State to gain entry into churches and mosques as well as other public institutions in the state, the government has directed that they must henceforth provide evidence of COVID-19 vaccination. According to the state government, the move…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has recorded more deaths from COVID-19 complications as infections continue to surge in the country. The NCDC via its verified website on Sunday morning, confirmed 650 new cases in 16 states of…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has recorded 835 fresh cases COVID-19 in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Rivers State recorded the highest new cases with 263 infections followed by Lagos which reported 217. The health agency made…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has announced 637 cases of COVID-19 in 18 States and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. NCDC, while giving update on its verified Facebook page on Thursday morning, said about seven patients have died due to…
The Delta State Government has confirmed the outbreak of Avian influenza in the State, with 164, 173 birds reported dead. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Julius Egbedi, made this known while addressing newsman on Wednesday in Asaba, NAN reports. “Government has taken…
Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has said he will work with the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) to improve health care for Nigerians. Welcoming members of the PSN who visited him in Abuja to seek his involvement in its preparations towards the…
The Chairman of the Inter-ministerial Committee on COVID-19 in Ondo State, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi has disclosed that 70 cases of the Delta Variant of the virus have been recorded in the state. While revealing that 35 new cases of the variant were…
Nigerians have been advised to disregard the popular notion that urinating immediately after sexual intercourse prevents the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This is as it has also been disclosed that urinating after sexual intercourse is not a form of contraception…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 674 additional COVID-19 infections and eight more deaths in the country as at August 19. NCDC disclosed this on its website on Friday morning, noting that the nation’s total infections had risen to…
The Akwa Ibom State government has expressed worry over the non-compliance to COVID-19 precautionary measures recommended by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC in the state. It added that the surge in the Delta variant currently in the state is due…
The National Population Commission, NPC, says family planning suffered complete neglect due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The National Chairman of the commission, Dr Nasir Isa Kwarr, represented by Jigawa State federal commissioner of the commission Garba AG Zakar stated this in Dutse…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 1,149 cases of COVID-19 in sixteen states across the country. The health agency made the revelation on Thursday morning via a post on its verified Facebook page. In the latest development, Lagos State,…
Nigeria has commenced the second phase of vaccination for COVID-19. The phase two, anchored by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) kicked off at the Federal Medical Centre in Jabi, Abuja. The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) has urged citizens to…
The Bayelsa State Chairman, National Association of Community Health Practitioners of Nigeria (NACHPN), Dr. Doris Dotimi, has said the poor state of primary health facilities in rural areas of the state can be likened to a shrine. She said government at all…
President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his delegation to London, UK, will go into isolation following a COVID-19 scare, the Guardian reports. This comes after the UK High Commissioner, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola, who was seen in close contact with the President…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 11 patients died from coronavirus (COVID-19) on Friday in Nigeria. The NCDC, which made this known via its verified website on Saturday morning, said the country’s fatality toll from the pandemic now…
A public commentator, Alhaji Ahmed Bakare, has lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari is responsible for banditry in the country, saying many Nigerians cannot afford to feed themselves. He quoted former Head of state, General Sani Abacha as saying that if any crisis…
Trade dispute between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been handed over to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria for adjudication. Sen. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, disclosed this in a…
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has accused doctors in Nigeria of playing God. The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) commenced an indefinite nationwide strike on August 2. The industrial action, to demand better welfare, serves as a reminder to…
A group, Connected Development (CODE), has lamented the lack of basic requirements in many primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in Imo State, saying its findings reveal that a vast number of health centres in the state lack doctors, nurses, toilets, chairs, beds or…
The Federal Government has said Nigeria is not at a level where another national lockdown will be considered, despite the presence of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the country. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, stated this on Thursday while speaking…
As states across the country struggle to curb the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, the nation is now averaging more than 700 new cases, says the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC, which disclosed this via its verified website…
Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials to find effective treatments against COVID-19. The World Health Organisation (WHO) made the announcement on Wednesday. The therapies — artesunate, imatinib and infliximab — will be…
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information has said the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC is one of the two things responsible for surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. The minister said those disobeying COVID-19 safety protocols should be blamed for the increase…
The Federal Government has charged food vendors of the national home grown school feeding program to ensure the quality and hygiene of the food. Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster Management Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, made the call during the flag-off of the…
The House of Representatives’ intervention into the ongoing strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors has stalled. The meeting, organised by the House Committee on Health Services was going fine until the issue of allowances was raised. The Minister of Health…
The Nigerian government has said nine persons die of malaria every nine hours. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Monday, while leading a delegation of Advocacy Against Malaria to the Ogun State Government. According…
The Association of Resident Doctors at the Rivers State University Teaching hospital has suspended its seven days old solidarity strike, directing doctors to return to work. Speaking in a press briefing in Port Harcourt, President of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital…
Residents of Osun State and the general public have been warned to always wear their face masks and comply with all safety guidelines against COVID-19 because the new Delta variant is different, deadlier and difficult to diagnose. This is as it has…
The Akwa Ibom State government has explained that the nonchalant attitude of indigenes and the influx of people from neighbouring states that do not have facilities for PCR tests have caused the number of persons tested positive for Delta variant of Covid-19…