Health
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World Sleep Day: Physician urges adults to get 7–9 hours of sleep daily
•An illustrative picture of an adult sleeping A Consultant Family and Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Dr Moyosore Makinde, has advised…
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Court sentences nurse to death for impersonating doctor, failed caesarean session
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced Olatide Temitope Emmanuel to death by hanging over a…
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LUTH announces first immunotherapy clinical trial for colorectal cancer in Nigeria
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), in collaboration with the MedServe Cancer Center, has launched Nigeria’s first immunotherapy clinical trial…
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Death of Chimamanda Adichie’s Son: Medical panel suspends hospital director, others
The Medical and Dental Practitioners Investigation Panel has invoked its order of suspension against the Medical Director of Euracare Multi-Specialist…
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Ebonyi to absorb 320 IMPACT project contract staff into state health workforce
The Ebonyi state government has committed to regularize and integrate 320 health workers engaged on contract by the World Bank-assisted…
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Ebonyi foundation partners review GBV survivor referral pathway directory
The Ebonyi State Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Taskforce, in collaboration with Whisper to Humanity Foundation, has reviewed and updated the state’s…
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Rising lassa fever cases put frontline health workers at grave risk
As Nigeria moves deeper into its annual Lassa fever season, an unsettling pattern has emerged: the virus is increasingly infecting…
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Health workers suspend 84-day nationwide strike
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has suspended its nationwide strike, 84 days after the industrial action began. This…
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Resident Doctors give FG 4-week ultimatum, extend strike suspension
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a four-week ultimatum to the federal government to fully implement outstanding…
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Police nab quack doctor operating illegal clinic
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old suspected quack doctor for allegedly operating an illegal clinic in Ore,…
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