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Health Workers

April 25, 2025

Nigeria’s first lady calls for lasting solution to end malaria

Mrs Tinubu made this call on Friday in a statement to commemorate World Malaria Day.

Remi Tinubu
February 25, 2025

FG rolls out plans to strengthen PHCs, train 60,000 health workers

The federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening primary health care (PHC), eradicating polio, and addressing health system challenges through a series of initiatives

Primary Healthcare Centre
January 16, 2025

Ondo: Police say no vehicular movement from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Police commissioner Wilfred Afolabi said in a statement on Thursday that the directive was for security reasons.

Wilfred Afolabi
October 23, 2023

Ondo doctors to go on strike over unpaid hazard allowance

The Ondo state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association issued the threat on Monday at their 2023 Physicians’ Week, held in Akure.

Doctors (Photo credit: Guardian)
October 19, 2023

Don’t threaten me with strike; I won’t pay when you resume, Wike tells resident doctors

Mr Wike stated that he would not pay doctors who take industrial action during his tenure in office.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and Doctors
October 18, 2023

Pakistan begins search operation for kidnapped polio workers

“We are trying to trace the missing members of the polio monitoring team,” Muhammad Tahir, a police official from Tank, told dpa.

PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS (Credit: Aljazeera)
October 12, 2023

Oyo: ‘We rely on torchlight to treat patients at night,’ emergency nurses lament poor working condition

“To worsen the situation, most of the time in the night, we resort to the use of a torch to administer drugs and dress the wounds of patients,” the nurse said.

Nurses
October 3, 2023

Lassa Fever Outbreak: 1,968 cases recorded in 28 states, NCDC says

NCDC has registered 1,068 Lassa fever infections across 112 local government areas in 28 states.

Lassa fever infected patient
September 24, 2023

UNGA 78: Nigeria, others approve declaration to end TB by 2030

The document lays out ambitious new targets for the next five years that include reaching 90 per cent of people with TB prevention and care services.

Tuberculosis patient
September 10, 2023

FG committed to addressing poor salaries, other issues facing health workers: Pate

The minister said issues such as poor working conditions, low salaries, non-payment of salaries, and others were the cause incessant strikes in the country’s health sector.

Dr Muhammad Ali Pate