Resident Doctors Commence Nationwide Strike
Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD on Thursday morning, commended a nationwide strike despite Federal Government’s last-minute efforts to stop the action. The resident doctors, however, assured Nigerians that their action was not meant to hurt them. They gave the explanation in a message posted on the association’s Twitter handle, @nard_nigeria, on Thursday morning. READ ALSO: Insecurity: Nobody Takes...
Buhari Jets Out For Medical Check In UK
President Muhammadu Buhari is heading to the United Kingdom for a medical check-up, on Tuesday. Femi Adesina, Presidential Spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Monday night. “President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London, the United Kingdom, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, for a routine medical check-up.” “Before his departure, Buhari will meet with Security Chiefs first in the morning, then, head...
Buhari Leaves For ‘Routine Medical Check Up’ In London
President Muhammadu Buhari is due to leave Nigeria for London, the United Kingdom, on Tuesday, March 30 for a two-week medical trip, ABN TV reports. This was disclosed in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina on Monday evening. According to the statement, President Buhari is expected back in the country in the second week of...
Resident Doctors To Begin Indefinite Strike Thursday April 1
Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have concluded plans to embark on an indefinite strike on Thursday, April 1. The strike will be coming on the heels of the expiration of the 60-day ultimatum given to the Federal Government on January 25 for the payment of arrears of salaries of house officers across the country and the review...
No Fake COVID-19 Vaccines In Nigeria – FG
The Federal Government has dispelled the possibility of any fake COVID-19 vaccines being administered or sold by unauthorised institutions in the country. This is contained in a circular by Dr Adebimpe Adebiyi, the Director, Department of Hospital Service, Federal Ministry of Health, on behalf of the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire in Abuja. The circular followed a letter from the...
FG Raises Alarm Over Fake COVID-19 Vaccines From China
The Federal Government has raised alarm over three thousand doses of fake COVID-19 vaccines sent to Africa from China. The Director of Hospital Services of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Dr. Adebimpe Adebiyi, made this known in a letter dated March 26, 2021, to the Chief Medical Directors/Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Health Institutions. “The Ministry is in receipt of...
COVID-19: AstraZeneca Vaccine Unsafe Unless… Ohanaeze Youths Warn Ndigbo
The Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, the apex Youth body of Ohanaeze Ndigbo says the recently imported AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines is not safe for human consumption until scientifically proven by Igbo medical experts around the globe. OYC says the importation of Covid-19 Vaccine has raised concern among some well-meaning Nigerians especially the Igbo extractions. The council further warned that the vaccines should...
COVID-19: AstraZeneca Safe For Nigerians Despite Side Effect — FG
The Federal Government on Wednesday said a few Nigerians have had mild side effects after taking a jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) an agency of the Federal Government boss Mojisola Adeyeye said at least five people who took the vaccine from the National Hospital in Abuja experienced side effects like...
Anti-Vaccine Politician Dies Of COVID-19
A Brazilian politician who introduced a bill prohibiting compulsory Covid-19 vaccines has died from coronavirus. Legislator Silvio Antonio Favero, 54, passed away at a private hospital in the city of Cuiaba, Brazil, on Saturday. Favero, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso do Sul for the Social Liberal Party (PSL), had been hospitalised since March 4 and intubated in the hospital's intensive...
Zone 9 Police Announce Date For NHIS Enrollment For Retired Officers
The Nigeria Police Force Zone 9 comprising Abia, Ebonyi, and Imo has fixed a date for the second phase of National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS for retired officers of the force who did not participate in the first phase. ABN TV reports. It is scheduled to commence from 15th March, 2021 to 18th March, 2021. The exercise is open for each...
