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• NARD won’t call off strike until demands are met • NMA can only intercede when govt pays arrears On Saturday, Mark Essien, software developer and founder of Nigeria’s biggest online hotel booking site, celebrated a doctor, Omotayo Ojo, who did brain surgery on his dad. He wrote: “After two emergency ruptured aneurysms, brain surgery in Lagos and a massive scar across his head, my dad is back to his same jolly self. The doctors say his survival was miraculous, the neurologist says that it is rare for someone to recover full brain function so quick. The German checkup doctors said ...

ON THE GO Ten unbelievable things about Nigeria Dissonance. Is that the right word to describe the contradiction between word and action? Like the man putting up a “No Smoking” sign while a slowly burning stick of cigarette... EPL Roundup: Liverpool thrash Arsenal as Chelsea crumble at Stamford Bridge Liverpool thrashed Arsenal 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday through second half goals from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah.Advertisement Jurgen Klopp’s team continued their unbeaten run against London clubs... Lawan: Elites want Nigeria divided — but the masses beli...

•NMA dismisses minister’s claim, suggests way forward Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has faulted the rejection of a Memorandum of Action by doctors, saying the federal government had substantially met the demands of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) contrary to their allegation. He also said the federal government had so far spent N13.3 billion on group life insurance for workers in its employ, including doctors and other health workers in 2020. But the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has described as untrue the vi...

2 min read Nigeria must improve on its health sector financing if the country is to meet the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) target by 2030. This was the consensus when some stakeholders gathered in Abuja on Wednesday to deliberate on ways to strengthen community systems towards achieving UHC. Tagged “Universal Health Coverage by 2030: Driving the Agenda with community at the centre,” the event was organised by the Nigeria Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS (NINERELA+), a non-governmental organisation. To achieve UHC, Innocent Ujah,...

NPHCDA defends jab, NAFDAC lists 14 herbal medicines Anxiety as Nigerians came to learn, yesterday, that the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, currently being administered on citizens had been suspended by no fewer than seven countries for allegedly causing blood clotting and other health hazards. According to the American Cable News Network Cable (CNN), Denmark, Iceland and Norway have suspended the use of the treatment, while the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is investigating the claims. Yesterday, Italy joined Austria, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Latvia to pause jabs from the...