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COVID-19: FG removes midnight curfew, lifts restrictions
The Federal Government has lifted COVID-19 restrictions put in place across the country. This was disclosed in a statement by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 on Wednesday. Part of this include the removal of the midnight curfew which was announced in 2020. According to the statement, the restrictions were removed due to the reduction in COVID-19 cases in the…
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Senate approves establishment of six University of Medical Sciences
The Senate, Tuesday, passed a bill seeking to establish a Federal University of Medical Sciences and Biomedical Technology across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. The bill was passed during plenary after the chamber considered a report on it by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (Kwara Central), in his presentation, said…
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FMC Owo, Ondo State Resident Doctors begin two-week warning strike
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo in Ondo State have commenced a two-week warning strike. Rising from an emergency general meeting, led by its President, Olaopa Olutobi, the striking doctors decried government’s poor handling of matters relating to the health of citizens. The health workers called on the Federal Government to…
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Kwara trains healthcare workers on integrated maternal healthcare
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Kwara About 440 primary healthcare workers across the sixteen local government areas of Kwara State have been trained on integrated maternal and newborn child health under the Saving One Million Lives Programme of the Federal Government. The training covers integrated maternal, newborn and child health, immunization, family planning, treatment of children with fever, antenatal and more. Speaking with…
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IAEA’s Ray of Hope will change narrative on cancer in Nigeria, Africa – Aisha Buhari
First Lady of Nigeria, Dr. Aisha Buhari has commended the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for launching the ‘Rays of Hope’ initiative to increase access to radiotherapy for cancer patients in low to middle-income countries that have the highest cancer rates and lowest rates in screening, diagnosis, therapy, and treatment. She was speaking while receiving a team from the IAEA…
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‘206,659 beneficiaries have enrolled in Osun Health Insurance Scheme’
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Chairman of the Governing Board of Osun Health Insurance Scheme (OHIS), Mr Adeoye Adelakun said no fewer than 206, 659 beneficiaries have enrolled under the scheme since its commencement. Adelakun, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Osogbo on Tuesday said the scheme started with the enrollment of public servants in May, 2019. He noted…
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FG relaxes COVID-19 rules for fully vaccinated inbound travelers into Nigeria
Inbound travelers into Nigeria will no longer be required to take a pre-departure PCR COVID-19 tests provided they have been fully vaccinated, the Federal Government has said. This was disclosed by the Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, in a briefing on Monday. According to Mustapha, fully vaccinated passengers…
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Health Minister appoints LAUTECH Dean into NMCN board
Health Minister, Dr. Ehanire Osagie, has approved the appointment of Prof. Bayo Lawal Ajibade, Dean, Faculty of Nursing Science at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, into the Governing Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). In a letter dated December 29, 2021 and signed on his behalf by the Director of Hospital Services in…
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No more COVID-19 in Nigeria, let’s stop wearing mask – Lagos Rep
A member of the House of Representatives representing Alimosho Federal Constituency Olufemi Adebanjo says there is no more COVID-19 in the country. Speaking at plenary on Thursday, Adebanjo asked Deputy Speaker Idris Wase who presided to allow them stop wearing masks. “I want to inform the national assembly, especially the house of representatives, concerning the masking of our faces coming…
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120-bed hospital in Benue shows Buhari an impartial leader – BMO
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has assured Nigerians that no state of the federation would be left out in the ongoing infrastructural revolution of the current administration. The group said President Muhammadu Buhari was poised to bring about equal opportunities and even development to all parts of the country and diversify the nation’s economy to ease the country of the…
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