A nationwide cholera outbreak in Nigeria has killed more than 800 people in the last few months, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says. Many of the victims are children, and the bacterial disease continues to spread with more than 31,000 cases since January, but most of those being …
Read More »Nigerian government says striking doctors won’t be payed
Government in Nigeria says it has invoked labour laws to stop the salaries of doctors who started an indefinite strike last week. The Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige accused the doctors of playing with people’s lives. According to the minister it was unfair that they were being paid …
Read More »Nigeria: Niger state official kidnapped by armed gang
A senior government official in Niger state, central Nigeria, has been kidnapped, an official statement has said. Mohammed Sani Idris who is Niger state’s commissioner for information, was abducted from his home by an armed gang at about 01:00 local time on Monday morning, according to a local government statement. …
Read More »Nigeria: a swiss national kidnapped by armed men
Nigerian police say a Swiss national and another person have been kidnapped in the south-west of the country. They were intercepted on a road in Ogun state as they were making their way from a farm. Police said two of the kidnappers were killed. Read also: COVID-19: the French demonstrate …
Read More »Nigeria: doctors on indefinite strike for a salary increase
After the government failed to respond to their grievances, doctors in Nigeria’s public hospitals are set to begin an indefinite strike over poor pay. The National Association of Resident Doctors (Nard) said its members would begin the strike on Monday at 08:00 local time. The union accused the government of …
Read More »African countries continue with AstraZeneca vaccine
Most African nations are pressing ahead with the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, despite several European countries suspending its use over concerns that that it may cause blood clots. The World Health Organization says there’s no evidence of a link but is reviewing the situation today. African countries are …
Read More »Nigeria launches ‘naira for dollar’ scheme
The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced a scheme that would offer a reward of five naira for every $1 sent by Nigerians living abroad through international money transfer operators in the country in what it calls “naira for dollar”. It is a step that shows Nigeria’s reliance on diaspora …
Read More »Nigeria to begin covid-19 vaccination campaign
In Abuja, the Capital of Nigeria, a mass vacination campaign against the coronavirus pandemic is launched. The country will use Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines acquired through Covax, a UN-backed initiative to ensure poorer nations acquire the doses. According to the head of the country’s Healthcare Development Agency, health workers will be the …
Read More »Ghana has more caregivers abroad than at home
According to researchers Frank Nyonator and Ken Sagoe, this West African country lost 50% of its nursing workforce between 1995 and 2005 despite certain advantages (free housing and bonuses) to curb this brain drain. In 2016, there were only 3,365 doctors, or 1 per 8,500 inhabitants. Ghana is not alone …
Read More »Nigeria to receive 3.92m doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
3,92 million is the total number of doses of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccines expected to be received in Nigeria on Tuesday. The vaccines made by Serum Institute of India are expected to arrive in the capital, Abuja, on Tuesday morning. The country is expecting a total of 16 million doses …
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