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Health

September 10, 2021

Protecting lives not government duty alone, Buhari tells striking doctors

While he met with members of the Nigeria Medical Association on, President Muhammadu Buhari asked striking doctors to return to work to save lives.

Buhari, striking doctors
September 10, 2021

Customs intercepts smuggled arms, military uniforms, cocaine, 600,000 bottles of codeine

The Nigeria Customs Service says it has intercepted smuggled arms and ammunition, military uniforms, cocaine and thousands of bottles of codeine.

September 9, 2021

Biden to make COVID-19 jab compulsory for American workers: Report

Over 53 per cent of Americans are fully vaccinated, including almost two-thirds of the adult population, according to CDC data.

September 9, 2021

NAFDAC: Ooni decries fake drugs, demands clampdown on counterfeiters

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has urged NAFDAC to intensify campaign against fake drugs.

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and NAFDAC DG Mojisola Adeyeye
September 8, 2021

Strike: Ngige implicates Buhari regime in illegal recruitment of doctors

Nigeria’s labour minister Chris Ngige has implicated President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime in the illegal recruitment of medical doctors across the country.

Labour minister Chris Ngige and President Muhammadu Buhari
September 7, 2021

COVID-19: Abia inaugurates centre for vaccine campaign

The centre would collect reports and document information, misinformation and rumours about the vaccines.

COVID-19 and Okezie Ikpeazu
September 7, 2021

COVID-19: Bed occupancy in Lagos treatment centres hits 53%

Lagos is increasing the number of isolation treatment centres during the third wave of the pandemic.

Prof. Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health
September 7, 2021

Cholera kills 10 in Ogun, anxiety grips Magboro

Anxiety is mounting in the Magboro, Ogun, over a suspected cholera outbreak that has killed 10 people.

Dapo Abiodun
September 7, 2021

Cholera kills 2,141 Nigerians, country monitoring 65,145 ‘suspected’ cases

NCDC has announced 65,145 suspected cases of cholera, including 2,141 deaths, representing a case fatality rate (CFR) of 3.3 per cent as of September 2, 2021.

Cholera patients
September 7, 2021

Man jailed five years for spreading COVID-19

His violations resulted in the quarantine and testing of around 2,000 people at the cost of $194,192.

COVID patient in a ward