FG Plans Zero VAT For Pharmaceuticals
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…
Resident doctors suspend warning strike
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…
FG to invoke ‘no work, no pay’ for striking doctors
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…
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BREAKING:: Anambra doctors begin indefinite strike over kidnap of member
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.…
Driver steals employer’s car, gives testimony in church
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…
Tinubu signs executive order to introduce zero tax on imported pharmaceutical inputs
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…
Blackout in North-East as vandals attack newly rebuilt power towers
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…
BREAKING: Soldiers surround venue of FG, Organised Labour meeting
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…
Lagos court convicts cosmetic surgeon, Adepoju over client’s death
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…
UCH threatens doctors over planned night-duty boycott
The management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, warned its workers, including doctors, against shunning night duties, stressing that “whoever fails to report at his…
Edo 2024: Shuaibu’s name missing as Ighodalo, Akpata, Okpebholo, others make INEC list
The name of Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, was missing as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, displayed the list of candidates of the 17 political parties…
US surgeons transplant pig kidney into patient
A groundbreaking medical procedure took place in Boston, where surgeons successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into a 62-year-old man who needed a transplant, the New…
Over 42,000 Nurses Left Nigeria In 3 Years – FG
Faruk Abubakar, Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, has said that over 42,000 nurses left the country in the past three years. Abubakar expressed worry about…
Two in police net over possession of 70 cartons of expired drugs
Officers from the Okokomaiko Division of the Lagos State Police Command, on Saturday evening, intercepted a Volkswagen LT bus loaded with seventy cartons of expired drugs and arrested two…
Nine children injured as explosion rocks Kaduna community
At least nine children have been seriously injured in an explosion in Kidandan, Giwa LGA of Kaduna state. The explosion occurred on Saturday afternoon. Mansir Hassan, police spokesperson in…