Tag: doctors
Doctors, CLO protest in Port Harcourt over kidnappings
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in conjunction with the Civil Liberties Organization…
Two doctors kidnapped in 48 hours in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 48 hours after Dr Mrs I.B. Apriokor, an Ophthalmologist with the Braithwaite Special Memorial Hospital,…
Osun lawmakers beg doctors to end strike
The Osun House of Assembly, has appealed to the striking medical and dental workers in the state hospitals to suspend…
Ghanaian doctors set to call off strike
Ghana’s doctors are likely to call off a strike that is seen as an early test of the government’s ability…
Avoiding Needless Deaths In Lagos Hospitals
Doctors in Lagos have begun an indefinite strike to protest the non payment of their September 2014 salaries. The doctor’s…
Doctors Who Went On Strike During Ebola Scourge Demand For Pay
Kazeem Ugbodaga The doctors who were on strike during last year’s Ebola scourge in Lagos, have gone on strike again…
Pay striking doctors, Agbaje urges Lagos govt
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Thursday, tasked the state…
Amosun lauds doctors for calling off strike
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria has commended the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) over it’s decision to call…
Ebola: Nigerian doctors call off strike, resume Monday
Kayode Obembe, president Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says the association has called off its three-month old (55 days) strike action.…
Akwa Ibom to train 150 doctors for specialist hospital
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom says the state government will train 150 doctors in specialist courses abroad to man…
We’ll Fight Jonathan To A Standstill — Doctors
Kazeem Ugbodaga Sacked resident doctors in the country have vowed to use every means to fight President Goodluck Jonathan to…
Ebola: Nigeria doctors in crisis
As Nigeria declared a national emergency over Ebola Virus on Friday, the association of local medical doctors which should lead…
Doctors Suspend Strike, Citing Ebola Crisis
Public sector doctors on Thursday suspended a nearly five-week long strike over an Ebola outbreak which has killed two people…
FG appeals to NMA to suspend strike
The ministers of health, employment, labour and productivity in Abuja on Monday appealed to the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to…
FG’s Letter: Striking doctors to meet Monday
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) would meet Monday to discuss over the letter it received from the Federal Government over…
Fashola employs 265 health tech graduates, appeals to striking doctors
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has appealed to the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, to call of its…
Doctors Begin Warning Strike
Doctors in public hospitals this morning withdrew their services in compliance with a directive of their association to embark on…
Lagos doctors stabilise Feyi Agagu, moved to new ward
Doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, are battling to save the life of Feyi Agagu, the son…
Doctors struggle to save survivors of fuel tanker fire
Medical workers on Friday struggled to save the survivors of a massive petrol fire in southern Nigeria, as the death…
Fresh Crisis Brews Between LASG, Doctors
The health sector in Lagos State may soon witness another strike as the doctors have started complaining that the Lagos…
Lagos Doctors Resume
Lagos State public hospitals, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria have come alive again after a month of total paralysis as doctors resumed…
Recalled Lagos Doctors Resume Tomorrow
The 788 recalled doctors in Lagos State will formally resume work on Wednesday after all the doctors would have collected…
Doctors issue strike notice over Lagos colleagues
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to prevail on the Lagos…
Sacked Doctors: Rights Groups Warn NUPENG Against Strike
A coalition of human rights group has warned the National Union of Petroleum Energy and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG against…
Southwest Doctors’ ll Join Lagos Doctors’ Strike —NMA Chair
South west doctors will also go on strike on Tuesday to compel the Lagos State Government to recall the sacked…
Strike Out Doctors’ Suit —AG Tells Court
The legal battle between the Lagos state striking doctors and the state government kicked off this morning as the National…
Normalcy Yet To Return To Lagos Hospitals
Normalcy has not returned to Lagos State hospitals, even with the recruitment of new doctors, as hospitals still remain deserted…
CDHR Issues 7-Day Ultimatum To Lasg On Sacked Doctors
The Lagos State chapter of the Campaign for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to…
Sack Of Doctors: ACN Blasts Critics Of Lagos Govt
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has chastised groups and individuals who have launched attacks on…
Lagos government set to evict sacked doctors
The Lagos State Government has given an eviction notice to the recently sacked doctors who are still living in official…