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Doctors, Nurses Keep Leaving Nigeria Under Buhari’s Administration – Health Minister Laments

Medical doctors
The Minister of State for Health, Joseph Ekumankama, has bemoaned the exodus of medical doctors, nurses and other health professionals from the country, adding that it was one of the greatest challenges facing the Nigerian health sector. The minister stated this on Monday, adding that the Federal Government was working to address the brain drain in the country, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The greatest challenge facing the sector presently is the doctors and nurses leaving the country, but I want to rather encourage them to stay back, seeing the effort the government is putting, the minister said. Ekumankama,Read More

FG Destroys 1.6m Expired Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines In Abuja

National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA)
The federal government on Wednesday made good its promise to destroy expired COVID-19 vaccines totalling 1,660,242 doses. Addressing journalists shortly before destroying the vaccines at the Idu Dump site inRead More

Conflicting Study On Omicron As Oregon Research Says Infections May Lead To ‘Super Immunity’ From COVID-19

Omicron COVID-19
There appears to be conflicting research finding on the Omicron COVID-19 as researchers at Oregon Health & Science University has found that infections in people who had been vaccinated, greatlyRead More

Report: UK May Scrap Travel Restriction On Non-citizens

UK travel ban on Nigerians
Mulls COVID test for vaccinated travellers In line with its promise to review its decision to put Nigeria and some other countries on its red list which barred non-citizens andRead More

Red List: Nigerian Govs Reject UK’s Arbitrary Stigmatisation

Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF)
COVID-19: 3.5 million Nigerians full vaccinated, says NPHCDA NANS urges students to take jab The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected what it described as arbitrary stigmatisation of Nigerians becauseRead More

UK To Add Nigeria To Red List of Countries Amid Omicron Spread

Omicron COVID-19
Bans non-UK, non-Irish citizens from Nigeria FG, Afrexim Bank intensify talks on local vaccine production Nigeria can’t be ready to produce vaccine in one year, says Tomori Following the 21Read More

Cleanup: FG To Conduct Health Audit Of Ogoni People

Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor
The Federal Government has announced that there will be an health audit of Ogoni people, to ascertain the needed interventions to be done in the area. The Minister of StateRead More

China Pledges One Billion Additional COVID-19 Vaccines For Nigeria, Other African Countries

Chinese President Xi Jinping
Promises $10bn investment in three years Omicron variant outbreak: WHO bemoans poor alert system, says new pandemic accord needed Aviation agencies vigilant, await FG’s directive NCDC harps on vaccination, adherenceRead More

Canada Says Two Cases of COVID-19 Omicron Variant Have Nigeria Travel History

Omicron COVID-19
Canada said it has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 omicron variant from persons who had recently travelled from Nigeria. According to report by Associated Press, the government of Canada hadRead More

New COVID-19 Variant Has Not Been Detected In Nigeria, Say Health Ministry, NCDC

Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
The Federal Ministry of Health and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have urged Nigerians to ensure strict adherence to the public health and social measures in place inview ofRead More

Omicron COVID-19: Nigeria Stands With S’Africa, Warns West Against Discrimination

Omicron COVID-19
AfDB president says Africa should not be penalised for new strain Wants vaccine manufacturing accelerated in continent Emefiele, OPS seek proactive action Ramaphosa urges countries to reverse travel ban NigeriaRead More