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Resident doctors threaten strike action over COVID-19 allowance, other demands

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2020

The National Association of Resident Doctors on Saturday issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government to address some of their pending demands, including the non-payment of COVID-19 inducement allowances. If the demands are not met by the end of the ultimatum, the doctor’s union threatened to

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Nigeria’s health sector holds immense potential to create wealth- Polaris CEO, Abiru

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2020

Polaris Bank CEO, Mr. Tokunbo Abiru has disclosed that Nigeria’s health sector holds immense potential to create wealth for the country if an enabling environment is put in place for the sector to thrive.   Mr. Abiru said this during a webinar hosted by the Bank on: ‘Managing Healthcare Business During & Post-COVID-19’. While speaking on […]

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Borno discharges 135 COVID-19 patients

Daily Dispatch May 29, 2020

Borno State Government has discharged 135 COVID-19 patients. The patients, who initially tested positive for the virus, later tested negative twice upon treatment. Speaking on Friday at the Abba Kyari COVID-19 Isolation Centre in Maiduguri, Deputy Governor, Usman Kadafur, said the state has recorded successes in recent time while commending the efforts of the World […]

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Increasing Cases Of COVID-19 May Overwhelm Our System – Health Minister

Daily Dispatch May 27, 2020

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, on Wednesday, said the increasing number of new COVID-19 cases may have an overwhelming effect on the nation’s health system.  Mr Ehanire said this while addressing journalists at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja. While noting that there was an increased adherence to the advisories […]

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Kano ex-commissioner who gloated over Kyari’s fate survives COVID-19

Daily Dispatch May 22, 2020

Dismissed Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure in Kano State, Engineer Mu’azu Magaji has recovered from COVID-19. He took to his Facebook timeline to announced that he has been confirmed COVID-19 negative and discharged. Magaji was sacked by Governor Umar Ganduje on April 18 for gloating on Facebook over the death of Malam Abba Kyari, President […]

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NLC decries incessant harassment of healthcare workers by security agents

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2020

By NAN The Lagos State Council, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has decried the recent harassment and intimidation of healthcare workers by security officers, including Nigeria Police in the state. The state Chairman, Mrs Agnes Sessi, expressed the concern at the inauguration of the union’s Labour-Civil Society Situation Room Committee on Thursday in Lagos. Sessi appealed