President Bola Tinubu has charged the West African College of Physicians to find solutions to the migration of doctors from Nigeria and other West African countries. The college’s Assistant Secretary-General, Hasibu Galadanci, disclosed this on Saturday at a press conference in Abuja as the institution began its golden jubilee and annual general and scientific meeting.
The Federal Government has allocated N2.1 billion to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Osun State, to revive its renal replacement programme, the hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Prof. John Okeniyi, has said. He said the planned revival of the programme was part of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda for the health sector.
…Demands declaration of pharmaceutical insecurity as national security threat …Says diverted tramadol, other controlled medicines fuel terrorism, violent crimes …Hails NLC, TUC, JOHESU over 19 months’ arrears, CONHESS adjustment By Chioma Obinna The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has urged President Bola Tinubu to declare pharmaceutical insecurity a national security threat, warning that the proliferation of unregulated drug markets and diversion of controlled medicines are creating dangerous links between drug trafficking, banditry, terrorism and organised crime. He further argued…
Cross River behind Tinubu, Otu — Betta Edu. Former minister Betta Edu says Cross River State is 100% behind President Bola Tinubu’s re-election and Governor Bassey Otu’s second-term bid in 2027.
Total number of seats rises to 4,196 for 2026-27; 162 of the new seats allotted to government colleges; V-C thanks Naidu and Health Minister for their support
The 41-year-old doctor was allegedly assaulted and robbed of valuables worth ₹3.25 lakh after being lured to an apartment on the pretext of an emergency medical need
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 4-The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has issued a 21-day strike notice to 17 county governments over failure to implement agreed salary adjustments for doctors, warning that services could be disrupted from November 25, 2026. The 17 counties facing the strike threat are Murang’a, Nyandarua, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Kiambu, Lamu, Taita-Taveta, Tana River, Machakos, Makueni, Laikipia, Narok, Kajiado, Embu, Isiolo, Meru and Vihiga.