A former military governor of Osun State and Abia States Col. Anthony Uzoma Obi (retd), is dead. Akelicious reports that the announcement of his death was made in a statement by the family on Monday. According to the statement, Uzoma died around 6 pm. on Sunday. We, the Family of His Excellency, Rtd Colonel […]
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, seeking the approval of a total sum of N819.5 billion supplementary budget for the 2022 fiscal year to address various infrastructure that was destroyed by flood across the various states of the country. The letter of President Buhari’s supplementary budget proposal was read yesterday by the President […]
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (retd), gave the warning during the weekly Ministerial Briefing, organised by the Presidential Communication Team at the Villa, Abuja. The NSA, who reeled out the programme and achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in the security sector, was reacting to a question about a pattern […]
The United Kingdom’s General Medical Council has licensed fresh 91 Nigerian-trained doctors. Our correspondent discovered that the accreditation of the 91 doctors occurred over 15 days between October 10 and October 25, 2022. The total number of Nigerian-trained doctors in the UK now stands at 10,387. There are 5,210 associate specialists, 2,318 doctors in […]
Nigeria currently has only 24,000 licensed medical doctors available in the country, less than 10 per cent of the number needed to meet a WHO recommendation. The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Uche Rowland, disclosed while speaking at a symposium to discuss ‘the brain drain in Nigeria’s health sector and its implications on […]
Doctors recruited from Nigeria to work in UK hospitals have alleged that they are being exploited and overworked. There have been concerns about the mass relocation of Nigerian doctors to other countries in search of better opportunities in recent years. According to a report by the BBC, investigations showed that Nigerian doctors are being […]
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 311 premises comprising 15 pharmacies and 296 Patent Medicine Shops (PMS) in Kogi State for breaching its guidelines and regulations. Mr Stephen Esumobi, Director and Head of Enforcement Department, PCN, disclosed this at a news conference on Sunday in Lokoja. Esumobi noted that the PCN enforcement […]
The National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), on Tuesday, said over 2,000 doctors had left Nigeria for Europe, Saudi Arabia and Canada as of June this year. The president of the association, Dr Noel Dokun, said this in Abuja during the National Executive Council meeting of the association. He said […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra has slammed the Department of State Services over a statement by the secret service’s spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, denying the forceful abduction of citizens. The IPOB accused the DSS of forcefully abducting citizens, adding that Amnesty International was correct with its publication exposing the inhumane activities of the secret service. […]
The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors has said six out of 10 doctors in the country plan to leave the country for greener pastures. This is just as it disclosed that there are only 12,297 resident doctors in both the Federal and state tertiary health institutions in the country. The NARD President, Dr Dare […]
