Health workers
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The Kebbi State Government has announced plans to recruit 500 additional health workers and absorb 390 staff members of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) into the state’s workforce this year. Gov. Nasir Idris made the disclosure during the handing over ceremony of the NGF/GAVI UNICEF Project in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. “We…
18 Jan
A 21-day ultimatum has been given to the Cross River State Government by the Joint Action Committee of the Health Sector
30 Dec
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, is set to recruit 518 new health professionals to address workforce shortages caused by the migration of healthcare workers abroad, popularly referred to as ‘japa syndrome’.
1 Nov
The Joint Health Sector (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals Association (AHPA) said it would suspend its seven-day warning strike effective from midnight Oct. 31 in the spirit of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the general public interest. Kabiru Minjibir, National Chairman of JOHESU said this in a communiqué jointly signed by Martin Egbanubi,…
25 Sep
The Vice Chancellors of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Prof. Kayode Ijadunola, and his counterpart in Achievers University, Owo, Prof. Omolola Irinoye, have disclosed that the move by the government to curb the 'japa' syndrome among medical personnel with legislation will not address the menace. According to the vice-chancellors, with Nigeria churning out a large number of…
30 Aug
The Joint Association of Medical and Health Workers Union in Yobe has suspended the strike it started on Friday morning. The workers went on strike demanding the payment of their hazard allowances approved by the state government in 2019. The union’s Chairman in the state, Satomi Hikama, disclosed this to journalists in Damaturu on Friday.…
29 Aug
The World Health Organisation (WHO) predicts a 10 million shortage of health workers by 2030, mainly in low income countries like Nigeria. According to latest figures from the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
2 Jun 2024
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has observed with grave concerns the failure of Federal and state
16 May 2024
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has identified the dearth of human resources for health as the major challenge facing over 300 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the nation's capital city.
19 Feb 2024
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has given approval for the recruitment of 1,000 health workers to fill the vacuum in the sector across the state.
12 Feb 2024
AS the World Health Organisation (WHO) predicts a shortage of 10 million health workers by 2030, mostly in low-income countries, the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists (Registration) Board of Nigeria has lamented the increasing brain drain in the health sector.
4 Feb 2024
Kwara State Government has further addressed outstanding salaries and gratuities owed to local government workers, basic school teachers, and pensioners by committing another N1.03 billion. This latest payment marks the government's continued efforts to settle inherited arrears from the previous administration. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has repeatedly emphasized the government's commitment to clearing these debts as…
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Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command from the Hawk Unit have arrested four male suspects in connection with criminal activities in Oyigbo Council of the state. The suspects, identified as Peter Victor, Joshua Ibe, Shedrack David, and Joseph Acholam, were apprehended during a targeted raid at Blessing Street, Kom-Kom in Oyigbo. According to a…
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The Enugu State Government has moved to improve maternal health care for pregnant women with the provision of free ultrasound services in primary health centres in the 17 local governments of the state. The initiative aims to preserve the lives of unborn babies and ensure that the women don't die during childbirth. The Executive Secretary,…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara Command, has created seven new Area Commands and 11 Divisions across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state. The State Commandant, Umar Muhammed, who disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Ilorin, said the move was to further strengthen its operational structure. Muhammed said that…
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Activist Omoyele Sowore has rejected bail conditions imposed by police operatives at the Force Intelligence Department (FID) on Monday. Sowore was interrogated by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of the FID, Dasuki Galandachi, at the Intelligence Bureau on Monday over a video he posted alleging that the police on Airport Road in Lagos…
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed March 12 for judgement in suit seeking to stop Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) from arresting and prosecuting Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs) in Abuja. Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after counsel for the plaintiffs and the defence presented their…
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The Founding Executive Director, African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development, Mr. Otive Igbuzor, has said that the organisation is coming up with a conference on democracy. He said the conference will initiate reforms that will enhance Nigeria's electoral process and ensure that leadership selection is credible in the country and Africa. Igbuzor asserted this…
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Yobe Government has declared Machina, Bade and Fune local government areas as Open Defecation Free (ODF). Alhaji Liman Baba, the General Manager, State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA), stated this at the opening of a one-day workshop in Potiskum on Monday. The workshop, which was jointly organised by RUWASA and the UNISEF, had…
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The suspected killer of Salome Adaidu, Timileyin Ajayi, has pleaded not guilty during arraignment in a Nasarawa State high court. Temilenyi was arrested by Nasarawa State Police Command on January 12 and charged to court for culpable homicide punishable with death. The Police disclosed that the suspect pleaded not guilty to the killing of Salome…
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President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with Gov. Seyi Makinde, his family and the people of Oyo State over the death of his elder brother, Sunday Makinde. The president, in a condolence message issued on Monday, said that the loss of a loved one, especially a cherished elder brother, is a profound sorrow. “In this time…