The Ministry of Labour and Employment has rejected the 21-day ultimatum given to the Federal Government by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) saying it is in direct collision with the Memorandum of Understanding signed on August 21. The NMA had threatened to join the ongoing strike by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors if the…
In its latest case update dated August 29, the NCDC reports 362 new cases with 93 COVID-related deaths. The new cases were reported in the FCT and 14 states – Lagos-200, Oyo-33, Kwara-30, Akwa Ibom-24, Ogun-17, Delta-15, Ekiti-15, Plateau-7, Rivers-7, FCT-5, Anambra-3, Edo-3, Bayelsa-1, Kaduna-1 and Kano-1. According to the NCDC, 0 cases were in…
A 21-day strike notice has been issued to the Federal Government by the Nigerian Medical Association with effect from Monday, August 30. This is coming as the Federal Government said that it had set aside N4.8bn as residency training fund for doctors. At the end of its National Executive Council meeting held in Benin City,…
Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has disclosed that the Moderna vaccine jabs will be administered to Lagosians on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th August 2021. According to a Press statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, health commissioner Abayomi disclosed this on Friday after receiving preliminary report of day three of the…
The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 189,715 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated August 26, the NCDC reports 835 new cases with 10 COVID-related deaths.The new cases were reported in the FCT and 19 states – Rivers-263, Lagos-217, Oyo-128, Edo-45,…
637 fresh cases of COVID-19 has been confirmed in 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has disclosed. NCDC, while giving update on its verified Facebook page on Thursday morning, said about seven patients have died due to complications from the dreaded virus. So far, Nigeria has…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has promised to focus on the lessons learnt from the just-concluded Support to National Malaria Programme Phase 11 (SuNMaP 2), to eliminate malaria in the country. Ehanire, stated this at the SuNMaP 2 dissemination meeting, on Tuesday in Abuja, adding that Nigeria will soon be declared malaria-free, like…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the use of Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV COVID-19 vaccine in the country. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) made the announcement on Tuesday at the national vaccines briefing in Abuja.He said that the Sinopharm vaccine…
On Tuesday, scores of Nigerian doctors stormed the Ladi Kwali Hall of the Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, as a consultancy firm, Meeds Consultancy, commenced interviews for those willing to work in Saudi Arabia. The firm organised the interview on behalf of the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health. Medical doctors in various fields such as anaesthesia, ICU,…
The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 188,243 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated August 24, the NCDC reports 655 new cases with 5 COVID-related deaths. The new cases were reported in the FCT and 8 states – Lagos-288, Rivers-188, Oyo-64,…