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Health

August 13, 2021

COVID-19 breaks out at Nigerian High Commission in London

At least three persons have tested positive for COVID-19 at the high commission.

Coronavirus used to illustrate the story.
August 12, 2021

Strike: Nigerian doctors must stop competing with God, says Ngige

Health minister Chris Ngige said Nigerian doctors must not misuse their God-given opportunity to save lives with incessant industrial actions.

Labour minister Chris Ngige (Credit: Punch Newspaper)
August 12, 2021

FLASH: Wife of ex-President Shehu Shagari, Hadiza, dies of COVID-19

Mrs Shagari died at a COVID-19 Isolation Centre, Gwagwalada, Abuja on Thursday.

August 12, 2021

Corps members replace striking doctors in Federal Medical Centre Yola

Some of the monitored hospitals in Yola had corps members offering skeletal services to patients with emergencies.

NYSC Corp members used to illustrate the story.
August 12, 2021

204 killed, 2,500 hospitalised in Kebbi cholera outbreak: Report

Cholera killed no fewer than 204 persons, led to the hospitalisation of 2,551 in 20 Kebbi local government areas, a NAN investigation revealed.

Cholera patients
August 12, 2021

Nigeria records highest COVID-19 cases in six months

As states struggle to curb the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, Nigeria is now averaging more than 700 new cases, says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

Patients in an isolation center
August 12, 2021

Ibadan residents beg Gov. Makinde for mosquito nets

Ibadan residents have appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo to extend the registration period to collect mosquito nets in various local governments across the state.

August 11, 2021

Abuja nurses organise cultural carnival

“We are celebrating because we have put in a lot to the profession.”

Nurses
August 11, 2021

WHO to commence trialing malaria, other drugs for COVID-19 treatment

Under the Solidarity PLUS programme, the therapies – artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – will be tested on hospitalised COVID-19 patients in 52 countries.

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
August 11, 2021

Lai Mohammed blames NYSC for COVID-19 surge

Mohammed has accused the National Youth Service Corps of disobeying COVID-19 safety protocols, resulting in a surge of coronavirus cases in NYSC camps.