ARD AKTH Branch To Resume Suspended Indefinite Strike Monday
By Ado Salisu The Association of Resident Doctors, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (ARD AKTH) Kano branch, has formally directed its members to resume the suspended indefinite strike following failure of the Federal Government to address the prevailing…
NARD ABUTH Branch Set To Resume Suspended Indefinite Strike Monday
By Sani Aliyu, Zaria The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika has directed its members to comply with the NEC directive to resume the suspended indefinite strike on Monday 12th January,…
Kaduna Begins Sealing Of Unaccredited Colleges Of Health Sciences
Kaduna State Committee on Private Health Establishment has commenced the sealing of illegal and unaccredited colleges of health Sciences in the state. Speaking on the exercise, the commissioner for Health, Hajiya Umma Ahmed, urged members of the public…
Revoke Pro-Christian Health Pact With US Or Evolve Parallel Project For Muslim Health – MURIC
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has demanded the revocation of Nigeria’s recent health pact with the United States. It described the health agreement as pro-Christian, parochial, divisive, discriminatory and therefore unacceptable. The group, in a…
Healthcare Right Nigerians Don’t Know They Have
…And Hospitals Break The Law Daily By Saidu Abubakar Have Nigerians known this at all? Or ignorance is leading them to live losses? Since 2014, there has been a powerful law in Nigeria that gives every citizen the right to FREE emergency healthcare…
AKSHIA Enrolls 165,000 People, Targets .5m In 2026
By Patrick Titus, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State Health Insurance Agency (AKSHIA), has enrolled over 165,000 people into the scheme under one year of commencement, an indication of the people’s growing interest and confidence in the programme. The…
NAHCON Opens Application Portal for 2026 National Medical Team
By Saidu Abubakar The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) informs the general public, particularly qualified Nigerian healthcare professionals, that the application portal for the 2026 National Medical Team (NMT) will officially be launched…
Posting Medical Doctors To Other Ministries Misfit In Akwa Ibom
…Governor Orders Immediate Recall By Patrick Titus, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has observed the posting of medical doctors in the state public service to ministries other than where their professional skills are needed is a misfit.…
Hunger: NGO Appeals To Donor Agencies For Help
By Musa Kutama, Calabar Passionate appeal has been made to the general public by an NGO, Neighbourhood Care-Well Foundation, to support in cash or kind, to alleviate the sufferings of the malnutrition children. The appeal was made by Vickie Emah Emah,…
Monkeypox Threatens Public Health In Akwa Ibom
By Patrick Titus, Uyo Available data released by the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health has shown that the state is the highest with monkeypox prevalence in Nigeria. So far, seven of 31 Local Government areas of the state have recorded incidents with Uyo…