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NAFDAC shuts down 4 yoghurt production companies over non-compliance
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) office in Kaduna State has closed four illegal facilities engaged in the production of unregistered yoghurt.
The State Coordinator of the agency, Nasiru Mato,…
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JOHESU suspends threat to shutdown healthcare services
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have suspended their threat to shutdown healthcare services in the country.
The unions had earlier threatened to disrupt normal services…
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JUST IN: Resident doctors suspend strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called off its two month strike and set to resume on Wednesday.
It could be recalled that in August, NARD embarked on strike following a disagreement with the federal government…
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WHO appoints Nigerian Virologist into COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed a professor of virology, Oyewale Tomori, to serve as a member of its Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 vaccine composition.
The WHO announced the appointment of Tomori, a former…
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FG bans over 2,000 Nigerians from traveling abroad for evading COVID-19 tests
The Presidential Steering Committee(PSC) on COVID-19 has banned over 2,000 Nigerians and foreigners from traveling abroad and into the country for one year, for evading the Coronavirus Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test at the country’s…
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NARD new leadership vows to continue strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has elected a new set of members to take over the leadership of the union.
At the Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the doctors held on Saturday at the Abubakar Tafawa…
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12 persons test positive to HIV at medical outreach
At least 12 persons tested positive to HIV and cervical cancer at an Inner Wheel Club medical screening held in Lagos on Friday.
Four of them tested positive to HIV while the eight others tested positive to cervical cancer.
Chairman…
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Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections hit 203,081
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), says the country’s COVID-19 cases rose to 203,081 on Wednesday, recording additional 377 new infections.
The NCDC, via its official website, disclosed this on Thursday morning.
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Cholera: Kano records 329 deaths – Official
Kano State has so far recorded no fewer than 11,475 suspected cholera cases from March to date with the death of 329 people.
Solacebase reports that the Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer (DSNO) of the state, Mr Sulaiman…
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Kano reads riot act to patent medicine stores operating clinical services as it shut down one
Kano State Government has read a riot act to patent medicine stores contravening laws establishing them.
The government said this as it discovered and closed down a patent medicine store at Sumaila Local Government Area of the state that…
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