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

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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

Lagos, Borno, Kano Top As Nigeria’s Coronavirus Fatalities Rise To 93

Nigeria has recorded its second coronavirus death
At least six patients died of coronavirus-related complications in Nigeria’s isolation hospitals and isolation centres within the last 24 hours. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed this onRead More

Prepare For Fresh Total Lockdown, If Coronavirus Cases Rise, says PTF

L-R: Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu; Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Control of COVID-19, Boss Mustapha; President, Maj Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd); Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, during a meeting on control of Covid-19, in Abuja.
The Federal Government, on Monday, May 4th, 2020, decried the nationwide non-compliance with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19’s guidelines for gradual reopening of the economy. The Director General ofRead More

Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 245 New Cases In Nigeria; 76 In Lagos, 37 In Katsina, 32 In Jigawa, Others

2802 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reported in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has confirmed two hundred and forty five (245) new cases on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Of the newly-confirmed coronavirus casesRead More

Coronavirus: FG To Disinfect Schools Nationwide

COVID-19: disinfection and decontamination of schools
The Federal Government on Monday, May 4th, 2020 announced that it would soon embark on disinfecting and decontaminating schools across the country. Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood, made this disclosureRead More

Lagos Discharges 14 Coronavirus Patients

Lagos State Commissioner for Health with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Government has announced that it has discharged 14 new coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, after they have fully recovered from its isolation centres. The Lagos State Ministry of HealthRead More

16 Lagos Doctors Test Positive For Coronavirus – Medical Guild

Nigerian medical doctor
Medical doctors under the employ of Lagos State Government on Monday, May 4th, 2020 said 16 of its members have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The doctors, under theRead More

Lagos Records Two New Coronavirus Deaths

Nigeria has recorded its second coronavirus death
The Lagos State Ministry of Health said via its official Twitter handle, @LSMOH, om Monday, May 4th, 2020, that two more patients have died of coronavirus-related complications in the state.Read More

NCDC Reviews Case Definition For COVID-19

Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday, May 3rd, 2020, announced a review of the case definition for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). It said the review became imperative dueRead More

Kaduna Records 50 Coronavirus Cases Through Kano Almajiris – El-Rufai

Nasir El-Rufai
Fifty cases of confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recorded in Kaduna State are from the almajiris repatriated from Kano State. Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, made this disclosure via his verifiedRead More

Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 170 New Cases In Nigeria; 39 In Lagos, 29 In Kano, 24 In Ogun, Others

2558 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reported in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has confirmed one hundred and seventy (170) new cases on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Of the newly-confirmed coronavirus cases inRead More