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Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, has said the right of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to see his personal doctors cannot be taken away. This is as criticisms continue to trail the President’s decision to have a medical checkup in London. The criticisms have led to a series of …

The National Association of Resident Doctors has ordered doctors at the COVID-19 isolation centres to join the nationwide strike it began on April 1. The NARD has also threatened to impose a fine of N5m on any of its branches that fail to join the strike. It also said branches …

Doctors in Nigeria’s state-run hospitals on Thursday began a strike over pay and inadequate facilities, union leaders told AFP. The strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), which represents some 40 percent of Nigeria’s doctors, is the latest in a string of work stoppages to hit the country …

Latest COVID-19 vaccination update from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) shows that as of March 30, 2021, a total of 638,291 eligible Nigerians have so far been vaccinated with the first dose of covid-19 vaccine. In terms of the total number of eligible population vaccinated, Lagos, Ogun, …

The National Primary Health Care Agency (NPHCDA) said 513,626 persons have received the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine across the country. The NPHCDA disclosed this in its official Twitter handle on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria commenced vaccination since March 5, first with …

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said it will embark on an indefinite strike beginning from April 1, if the Federal Government failed to meet its demands. This is contained in a communiqué issued on Sunday in Abuja at the end of NARD’s extraordinary National Executive Council (NEC) …

The Federal Government on Monday said Nigerian scientists have produced two local COVID – 19 vaccines and were awaiting clinical trials and certification. The government also raised the alarm over reported racketeering of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines in some vaccination centres. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman …

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country have tested 1,684,305 people since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on Feb. 27, 2020. The health agency sadly reported two COVID-19 additional deaths, …

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday warns Nigerians to be careful so that the country does not slide into possible third wave of the coronavirus. Italy, France and Germany are some of the countries currently experiencing third wave of the virus, with Italy scheduled for fresh lockdown, whereby …

The General TY Danjuma-led Victim Support Funds Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday said it had so far spent N3.3bn in various intervention projects since the outbreak of the pandemic across the 30 states of the federation. The Chairperson of the VSF, Mrs Toyosi Akerele-Ofunsiji, stated this while handing over …