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NLC Orders Workers in 14 States, FCT to Commence Strike Over Non-Implementation of N70,000 Minimum Wage

The NLC has directed workers in 14 states and the FCT to commence strike on Sunday over unpaid N70,000 minimum…

3 days ago

NAFDAC, Customs Sign MoU Aiming To End Illicit Pharmaceutical Imports

NAFDAC and Customs have strengthened their collaboration on intelligence sharing, aiming to tackle import of illicit drugs

2 weeks ago

WHO Warns Africa’s Diabetes Cases May Surge To 54 Million By 2045 Without Urgent Action

WHO has projected that Africa’s diabetes cases could reach 54 million by 2045, demanding urgent healthcare reforms. The World Health…

3 weeks ago

NAFDAC Begins Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial in Nigeria

The Director General said the country still lacks a good pharmacovigilance system.

1 year ago

Nigeria Signs MoU with Doctors To End Warning Strike

The federal government agreed to adopt the ASUU template for doctors' pay rise.

2 years ago

LP Leadership Tussle: NLC Disowns Lamidi Apapa

“The dubious action by Mr. Lamidi Apapa and his cohorts has been sustained by interested political actors in Nigeria whose…

2 years ago

Nigeria Approves Clinical Malaria Vaccine for Children

NAFDAC boss Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who addressed journalists in Abuja, on Monday, said the vaccine was for prevention of clinical…

2 years ago

Nigerian Doctors Reject Move to Clampdown on Migration of Medical Professionals

The proposed legislation has passed the second reading at the lower chamber of the National Assembly.

2 years ago

Supreme Court Didn’t Sack Me as APGA Chairman, Oye Clarifies

He said what the apex court did was merely "to correct a clerical error."

2 years ago

Nigeria Labour Congress Urges Federal Government to Commence Immediate Wage Review

The congress also urged the president to as a mark of goodwill direct the payment of withheld salaries of ASUU…

2 years ago

Allow People’s Choice to Prevail, Abdulsalami’s Peace Committee Tells Presidential Candidates

He urged them to moderate their language at campaign grounds.

2 years ago

Nigeria Records 29 Fresh Cases of COVID-19 in One Week

The disease control centre had recently warned about the resurgence of coronavirus in China.

2 years ago

Flood Disaster: Nigeria, WHO Train 350 Health Emergency Responders

This comes as 1,427,370 persons have been displaced by floods with 18,093 suspected cholera cases.

2 years ago

Nigeria: ASUU Prepares for Fresh War with FG as Lecturers Get Half Pay

Minister of Labour Chris Ngige said the government cannot go against the “No Work, No Pay” rule and that October…

2 years ago

Nigeria Tightens Measures against Ebola Outbreak

Passengers from Uganda have been placed on a 21-day watchlist.

2 years ago

Nigeria Detects 130 Cases of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus in 16 States

The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has commenced outbreak response campaigns in 12 affected northern States.

2 years ago

WHO Commences Investigation into Ebola Outbreak in Uganda

Uganda has confirmed a case of the Sudan ebolavirus in Mubende district in the central part of the country.

2 years ago

Exodus of Doctors May Worsen Nigeria’s Poor Health Indices, Says Medical Association

It urged the governments of Ekiti, Ondo and Imo States to clear unpaid salaries and wages of doctors and other…

2 years ago

Nigeria Recorded 48 New Cases of Monkeypox in Six Days, Says NCDC

 Meanwhile the UK said it has identified a different strain of the infection traced to West Africa.

2 years ago

Nigeria: NSITF Explains N17.15 Billion Senate Probe

The fund stated that the financial violations were committed under the management that ran the agency between 2012 and 2017.

2 years ago