Minister Ali Pate (middle) with other government officials on October 17, 2024 in Abuja Nigeria has received the first batch of 846,000 doses of the R21 malaria vaccines, from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The official launch of the vaccines on Thursday was attended by officials of the Ministry of Health, the National Primary Health Care […]
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it has finalised the Executive Order to implement zero Value-Added Tax and excise duties on pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Disclosing this in a statement, the spokesman of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Alaba Balogun, said finalisation of the Executive Order’s harmonised implementation framework has now […]
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its nationwide warning strike and directed its members to resume work today. The association began a seven-day strike over the abduction of Ganiyat Popoola. Popoola, a registrar in the department of ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna, was abducted on December 27, 2023, alongside […]
The Federal Government on Thursday said it will invoke the ‘no work, no pay’ policy on striking resident doctors. The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said this in a statement signed by its Assistant Director on Information and Public Relations, Ado Bako. The statement noted that the ministry is disappointed over the decision […]
The Anambra chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has declared an indefinite strike across all private and public hospitals in the state, following the abduction of Dr. Stephen Ezeh. The action followed the expiration of an ultimatum given to both the state government and security agencies. The decision was detailed in a statement signed […]
The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended 36-year-old robbery suspect, Amos Daniel, who stole his employer’s vehicle on the same day he was hired as a driver. Daniel confessed to having taken the car to his church to give testimony of God’s miraculous provision. In a related case, two dismissed soldiers, Akeem Suleiman and […]
President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order to introduce zero tariffs, excise duties and value added tax (VAT) on imported pharmaceutical inputs. In a statement on Friday, Muhammad Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health and social welfare, said the order is aimed at revitalising the Nigerian health sector and increase production of healthcare […]
Vandals have again attacked power transmission towers taking electricity to the northeast of Nigeria, leaving Maiduguri and its environs in darkness. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, in a statement on Wednesday disclosed that two of its towers, T193 and T194, along the Damaturu -Maiduguri 330kV Single Circuit Transmission Line have again been destroyed […]
Soldiers are currently surrounding the venue of the meeting between the Organised Labour and Federal Government, Vanguard I’d reporting. A source from the Labour disclosed this to Vanguard on Monday evening. The source said the action is aimed at intimidating Organised Labour, noting that no matter the intimidation, Labour leaders remain undaunted. The Tinubu […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has convicted a medical doctor and founder of MedContour Services Ltd., Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju, who conducted a failed plastic surgery that resulted in the death of one Nneka Onwuzuligbo in 2020, FIJ reports. This was disclosed by a former Director-General of the Federal Competition and Consumer […]
