Estimated Reading Time: 1The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that there’s a 52 per cent surge in COVID-19 cases in Africa in the past week. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, disclosed this in a media briefing on Friday. The DG noted that deaths in Africa have also increased by[Read More…]
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Health Workers in Ilorin begin 3 days warning strike
Estimated Reading Time: 1Members of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) chapter, on Wednesday embarked on a three-day warning strike to press home their agelong demands. Mr Olutunde Oluwawumi, the branch Chairman of JOHESU-UITH who declared the warning strike during an emergency congress of[Read More…]
COVID-19: Nigeria to receive 3.92m doses of AstraZeneca vaccines end July
Estimated Reading Time: 3The Federal government has disclosed the country may receive another shipment of 3.92 million Astrazeneca vaccine will arrive Nigeria between late July and early August. This was disclosed during a media briefing in Abuja on Tuesday by the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency[Read More…]
Federal Government to raise health workers’ retirement age, hazard allowance
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Federal Government has dangled an offer to increase hazard allowance of N5000 for all health workers in its health establishments in the country by 350 per cent and 600 per cent increments for junior and senior workers respectively. The government also agreed to increase the retirement[Read More…]
President Buhari Takes Second Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine
Second round of COVID-19 vaccinations begins In Cross River
Estimated Reading Time: 1Frontline health workers and critical leaders, who took the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccines, have started receiving the second doses in Cross River State, south-south Nigeria. The Cross River Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu flagged off the second round of the exercise at one of[Read More…]
Cholera Outbreak: 7 die in Gombe
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Gombe State Government has confirmed the deaths of seven people due to the outbreak of Cholera in Kalajanga Village and Garko Ward of Akko Local Government Area of the state. Briefing Journalists in Gombe on Thursday, the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Habu Dahiru, said so far[Read More…]
COVID-19: ‘96% of the targeted population have been vaccinated’ – Federal Government
Estimated Reading Time: 1The federal government says a total of 1,929,237 Nigerians representing 96 percent of the targeted population have received the first COVID-19 vaccine doses. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this Tuesday, at a press conference held in Abuja, to[Read More…]
Cholera outbreak kills 20 in Bauchi State
Estimated Reading Time: 2There has been an outbreak of Cholera disease in Bauchi State, killing about 20 people as at the filing of this report. The Commissioner of Health in the state, Dr. Aliyu Maigoro, disclosed this at a press conference held at the Ministry’s Headquarters in Bauchi on Tuesday.[Read More…]
21 Health workers with fake certificates exposed in Borno
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Borno State governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has directed disciplinary measures to be taken, after a verification committee identified 21 health workers, amongst them some nurses, operating with fake certificates. The committee had also found 91 ghost workers in different health institutions across the state. Chairman of[Read More…]
