ShareBy Aluta News Aug 14, 2021 Trade dispute between the Federal Government and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been handed over to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria for adjudication. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, disclosed this on Friday in a letter addressedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 14, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 11 patients died from coronavirus (COVID-19) on Friday in Nigeria. The NCDC, which made this known via its verified website on Saturday morning, said the country’s fatality toll from the pandemic now stood atContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 14, 2021 The Adamawa Government has confirmed the reemergence and detection of Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 case in the state. Prof. Abdullahi Isa, the stateCommissioner for Health and Human Services, disclosed this during the official flag off of first Round Outbreak Response immunisation onContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 13, 2021 The Executive Director, Nasarawa State Aids Control Agency (NASACA), Dr Ruth Bello, says 22,000 persons infected with HIV/ AIDs in the state are not on drugs. Bello disclosed this on Friday in Lafia when she led other management team of the agency before theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 13, 2021 The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which facilitated the procurement of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine, says the vaccine costs Nigeria $7.50 as against $10 per dose. The bank’s Regional Chief Operating officer, Mr Abdoulaye Kone, who disclosed this in an interviewContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 13, 2021 The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has advised doctors in the country to be humble and carry themselves with dignity, rather than ‘play God or compete with God’. Ngige gave the advice while speaking at the 2nd Summit of Medical EldersContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta Aug 13, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 753 additional infections and five more COVID-19 related deaths had been registered as at Aug. 12, 2021. The centre stated this on its verified website on Friday morning, raising the country’s total infections, since the index caseContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 12, 2021 The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and other partners have inspected the first shipment of 177,600 Johnson and Johnson single-shot vaccines from the African Union (AU), under the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT). The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Nigeria isContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 12, 2021 Corps members on Thursday replaced the striking doctors in the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) directed its members across the country to embark on a total strike from Aug.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 11, 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO), has asked Nigeria to double down on the COVID-19 prevention measures and build on the fragile gains achieved given that less than two percent of the total population had been fully vaccinated. The WHO country Representative, Dr Walter KazadiContinue Reading