NURSING COUNCIL CHARGES ABUAD GRADUATES TO UPHOLD QUALITY HEALTHCARE
By; Ganiyat Sunmola The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) has urged newly inducted nurses to remain committed to delivering quality healthcare services while...
MAN FOUND ALIVE EIGHT DAYS AFTER DEVASTATING QUAKES IN VENEZUELA
By; Ganiyat Sunmola Hundreds of rescue workers in Venezuela celebrated on Thursday after pulling a 43-year-old man alive from the rubble of a collapsed building,...
FEC APPROVES NATIONAL SNAKEBITE TREATMENT CENTER, N73.9Bn HEALTH PROCUREMENT
HOTJIST NEWS The federal executive council (FEC) has given the go-ahead to set up the National Snakebite Treatment and Research Centre and approved N73.9 billion...
DOCTORS SUSPEND STRIKE AS OGUN GOVT COMMITS TO CLEAR OUTSTANDING ALLOWANCES
By: Fasasi Hammad The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Ogun State, has suspended its 10-day warning strike...
LASSA FEVER DEATH TOLL HITS 214 AS FATALITY RATE RISES TO 25% — NCDC
Agency Report Lassa fever has claimed 214 lives in Nigeria, with the case fatality rate rising to 25 per cent, according to the latest report...
HOSPITAL IN GOMBE CALLS FOR RELATIVES OF UNCLAIMED HIT-AND-RUN VICTIM
By; Ganiyat Sunmola The management of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, has appealed to members of the public to assist in identifying and locating the...
US ANNOUNCES SANCTIONS AGAINST ETHIOPIAN HARDLINERS AND HEZBOLLAH-AFFILIATED LEBANESE FIGURES
By; Ganiyat Sunmola The United States has imposed sanctions on hardline members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), accusing them of actions that threaten...
LASUTH DOCTORS’ STRIKE MAY TRIGGER WIDER HEALTHCARE CRISIS, NMA WARNS
By; Ganiyat Sunmola The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State chapter, has warned that the ongoing strike by resident doctors at Lagos State University Teaching...
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS: NIGERIA MUST MOVE TOWARDS A PLASTIC-FREE FUTURE – UNDP/GEF
By; Ganiyat Sunmola The United Nations Development Programme’s Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme has called on Nigeria to begin planning for a future with...
KWARA FLAGS DRUG ABUSE AS MAJOR THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SECURITY
By: Sunmola Ganiyat The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has expressed renewed concern over the growing prevalence of drug abuse among young people, warning that...