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The National Association of Resident Doctors planned five-day warning strike has been advised to be abandoned by the Federal Government, which referred to it as unlawful. Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, issued the…

The Federal Government, on Monday, responded to the threat by resident doctors to embark on a five-day warning strike over perceived attempts to ground medical and dental graduates nationwide for five years before being granted a…

The National Association of Resident Doctors has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to  implement agreements concerning their demands or face industrial disharmony. The resident doctors made this known in…

The Diaspora Medical Associations under the umbrella body of Nigerian medical doctors and dentists practising outside the country has expressed their grievances through a petition to the National Assembly Over bill seeking to compel…

Most disruptive strike in UK’s history over pay and working conditions began yesterday as doctors working in England has commenced. This also comes with doctors in Nigeria, in same vein, demanding a review of the Consolidated Medical…

President of the World Medical Association (WMA), Dr Osahon Enabulele, has opposed the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to compel medical and dental graduates to render five-year compulsory services…

The President, National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr Dare Ishaya, has asked the Federal Government to implement the payment of the new Hazard Allowance and arrears stipulated as of Dec. 22, 2021. Ishaya said this in an…

Doctors have for the first time ever successfully transplanted a 3D-printed ear made from human cells onto a woman. 3DBio Therapeutics, the regenerative medicine company behind the implant, announced the development in a press release on…

US President Donald Trump’s health has reportedly continued to improve as he is being treated for COVID-19 at a military hospital near Washington. This is according to a statement from his doctors on Sunday, adding that he could be…

Joint Health Sector Unions has declared a nationwide strike with effect from midnight of Sunday, September 13 following its deadlocked meeting with the Federal Government. The decision to embark on strike was reached after its expanded…

Resident Doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State who are working at the COVID-19 treatment and isolation centre in the state have joined their colleagues in the ongoing industrial action. The…

Medical doctors in Lagos has declared a three-day warning strike over the state government’s failure to meet their demands. The doctors under the auspices of Medical Guild are embarking on strike over wage disparity between the Federal…

National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) of Nigeria has declared a nationwide strike effective from Monday, June 15. Dr Aliyu Sokomba, National President of NARD, said this in an official letter issued on Sunday in Abuja. The…

Doctors at the Federal Medical Center, Lokoja, Kogi state, have accused Governor Yahaya Bello’s administration of frustrating efforts to test patients who have COVID-19 symptoms. In the May 18 situation report released by the Nigeria…

Federal Government has advised medical facilities in the country to stop rejecting patients, especially emergency cases. Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, said this on Monday at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19…