Health
Striking doctors challenge Wike, Akpabio to use FCT hospitals
Striking resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have challenged FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Senate President Godswill Akpabio ...NUC upgrades medical-related programmes from Bachelor to Doctoral status
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has upgraded some medical-related programmes in Nigerian universities from Bachelor’s degree to doctoral status. This ...Rivers confirms outbreak of bird flu
The Rivers State Government said it has confirmed the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza commonly known as ‘Bird Flu’. ...Japa: Our hospitals will be empty in two years, CMDs tell Reps
Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) of University Teaching Hospitals and Federal Medical Centres (FMCs) have raised the alarm that tertiary health ...Trump signs order to pull US from WHO
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organisation, ...Lagos health commissioner undergoes eye surgery at LASUTH [PHOTOS]
Akin Abayomi, Lagos commissioner for health, says he has undergone a successful eye surgery at the Lagos state University Teaching ...Rivers announces suspected cases of Cholera, nine deaths
The Rivers State Government has confirmed the death of nine individuals following a suspected cholera outbreak in two local government ...HMPV not a new virus… no serious threat to Nigeria for now, says NCDC DG
The director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Jide Idris, says the country is not under serious threat ...What we are doing to prevent outbreak of new virus detected in China – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it is closely monitoring global developments on the Human Metapneumovirus ...New virus hits China; over 5,000 hospitalised in UK
Hospitals across China are reportedly overwhelmed following the outbreak of a mysterious virus bearing similarities to Covid-19. Footage shared widely ...