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Following President Trump, Argentina Quits World Health Organization
Thursday February 6, 2025 | TheNewsDESK Argentina said Wednesday it will quit the World Health Organization, following in the footsteps of Donald Trump’s United States and citing similar…
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Former NCDC DG, Ihekweazu, Appointed Acting WHO Regional Director For Africa
Wednesday February 5, 2025 | TheNewsDESK Chikwe Ihekweazu, former Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has been appointed as the acting Regional Director of the…
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Nigeria On High Alert As Ebola Outbreak Hits Uganda
Monday February 3, 2025 | TheNewsDESK The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has intensified surveillance at the country’s points of entry, including airports following the…
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Resident Doctors Beg FG To Pay Outstanding Training Funds
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has appealed to the federal government to pay the 2023 and 2024 outstanding Medical Residency Training Funds (MRTF). The association’s president,…
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NAFDAC Seals 250 Factories Producing Fake Hennessy, Coca-Cola, Others In Abia
|HEALTH| The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has shut down the infamous Cemetery Market in Aba, Abia State, for the second time in…
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US President Trump Strikes Again, Stops Funding For Anti-HIV Program That Prevented 26 Million AIDS Deaths: Nigeria, Other Developing Nations To Be Affected
|HEALTH| Nearly all global health funding from the U.S. has been halted immediately by the Trump administration — and that appears to include PEPFAR, the widely praised program…
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Governor Eno Approves Employment Of Health, Safety Workers In Akwa Ibom
|HEALTH| Governor Umo Eno PhD, has approved the employment of 600 health workers and 100 occupational safety officers as part of efforts to strengthen public service delivery and…
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Brazilian President Lula Undergoes Emergency Brain Surgery, Recovery Underway |SituationReport|
By Idorenyin UMOREN, Uyo With inputs from online news agencies Brazil’s 79-year-old President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is in stable condition following emergency surgery to treat an…
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NDLEA to President Tinubu: Declare State Of Emergency On Drug Abuse |SituationReport By Our Crime Reporter|
Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (Rtd), has urged the President Bola Tinubu-led government to declare a state of emergency on…
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Ex-Eagles Goalie Fregene On Life Support
Former Nigeria national team goalkeeper Peter Fregene is currently on life support at a hospital in Ohara, Delta State, battling for his life in a critical condition. This…