Category: Health

EFCC  chairman, Bawa slumps, taken to hospital

  The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Abdulrahsheed Bawa slumped at a public function held in Aso Rock on Thursday. Reliable sources...

Everyday for the thief: Fake nurse arrested in Lagos

….Has collected three months salary A woman, Olufunke Adegbenro, who was employed in July 2021 as a nurse in the Isolo General Hospital by the Lagos State Health...

1.7 million Nigerians living with HIV- NACA

  National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) says it has identified 1.7 million out of 1.9 million Nigerians living with HIV. Mr Alex Ogundipe, its Director,...

Exodus hits nursing: 7,000 nurses leave Nigeria for greener pastures annually – Registrar

    The Secretary-General/Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, Dr Faruk Abubakar has confirmed an exodus hitting the nursing profession....

Strike: We’re suffering too, hold government responsible, doctors tell patients

….Seeks additional means of survival Doctors, under the aegis of National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) have urged...

Be innovative and enterprising,LUTH charges 200 doctors, dentists

  Prof. Adewale Oke, Provost, College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL), Idi-Araba, has charged the 200 newly-inducted medical and dental graduates to be...

COVID-19: Lagos maintain lead,records 204 out of 597 cases nationwide

Lagos State led the chart again on Tuesday as the National Center for Disease Control announced a total of 597 fresh cases of coronavirus infections. The NCDC said Lagos...

No doctor is owed salary, Ngige tells health workers

  Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige says no doctor is being owed any salary contrary to the claims of resident doctors. Dr. Chris Ngige,made the...

Cholera outbreak in Ogun,10 feared dead

    The outbreak of Cholera Disease in Magboro, a border area community in Ogun state have reportedly led to the death of ten people. It will be recalled that...

COVID-19: Lagos cases surpass 73, 000

  Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the state stands at 73,182. Abayomi made the...