Health
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NAFDAC alerts Nigerians on circulation of substandard insulin syringes
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has raised the alarm over the illegal circulation and marketing…
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Ogun confirms 415 temporary health workers as permanent staff
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved the regularisation and absorption of 415 temporary health workers across the state-owned hospitals…
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UNAIDS raises concerns as US stops HIV funding
The United States Government has terminated its agreement with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, an innovative joint venture…
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Pope suffers breathing ‘crisis’ – Vatican
Pope Francis, in hospital with pneumonia, suffered a breathing “crisis” on Friday which caused him to vomit, but he was…
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Hospitalised pope no longer in critical condition – Vatican
Pope Francis’s condition is not currently critical, a Vatican source said Friday, after a series of clinical improvements for the…
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Oyo, UNICEF launch health insurance for primary school pupils
The Oyo State government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has launched a health insurance scheme aimed…
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Lassa Fever kills 30 year old farmer in C’River
The Cross River State government has confirmed an outbreak of Lassa Fever in Obubra Local Government Area (LGA) following the…
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Pope had peaceful night, up, eating, working – Vatican
Pope Francis passed another peaceful night in hospital, “got up and had breakfast in his armchair”, the Vatican said Thursday,…
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Bird flu surfaces in Plateau, kills 300 birds – Official
Avian influenza, popularly known as bird flu, has killed 300 birds on a farm in Plateau. Dr Shase’et Sipak, the…
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Nigerian newspapers review: High electricity costs choking teaching hospitals to death
In today’s Nigerian Newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with a special report on the challenge of…
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