Tag: Nigerian Doctors
How to stop Nigerian doctors from leaving the country – NMA
Afolabi said that ideally, the number of doctors in Nigeria was far below the standard of the World Health Organisation,…
Nigerian doctors who can’t go to practise abroad speak
“Yes, I can leave with my wife and children but I cannot go with my parents, uncles and other relatives…
What Okowa said about exporting medical practitioners
Rather than contemplate restricting medical practitioners from moving out of the country, more of them could be trained, and from…
Nigerian governors worried over exodus of doctors
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), has expressed worry over the preponderance of medical doctors seeking greener pastures abroad to the…
353 Nigerian doctors dump Nigeria for UK
Vice-President of the National Association of Resident Doctors, Julian Ojebo warned hat the rate of migration might double in the…
Striking Nigerian doctors adamant
The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), has vowed to continue its ongoing strike until the federal and state governments…
Nigerian doctors begin strike with an apology to Nigerians
Nigerian doctors signalled the beginning of their national strike on Thursday, with an apology to Nigerians, who will be affected…
Only 42,000 doctors remain in Nigeria
Only 42,000 doctors out of the 75,000 registered by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) are available for Nigeria’s 200 million…
EFCC to arrest doctors giving fake medical reports to accused
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Mustapha Magu, has disclosed that the Commission will…
Sierra Leone wants Nigerian doctors, teachers
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Allie Kabba, has requested Nigeria’s assistance in energy, education and health sectors.
Nigerian doctors urged to curb Ebola spread
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has directed its members to be part of efforts to control the spread of…
Nigeria: Resident Doctors Begin Strike
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Nigerian doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) have commenced a…
Edo doctors end strike
The Edo state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Wednesday announced the suspension of its indefinite strike. The…
Doctors issue 21-day ultimatum to Oshiomhole
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Edo state has issued a 21- day ultimatum to Governor Adams Oshiomhole to address…
Nigerian doctors suspend strike
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Abuja on Sunday announced the suspension its plan for its members to embark on…
Doctors end strike, mull fresh action January
Dr Osahon Enabulele, the National President, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Sunday said doctors in public hospitals would end their…
Doctors vow to continue strike
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says it will continue with its on-going warning strike action until more concrete efforts are…
LUTH doctors back to work
Nigerian doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, went back to work Saturday following the suspension of their…
LUTH Doctors’ Strike Frustrates Patients
Patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, have expressed frustration over the indefinite strike embarked upon by…
Nigerian doctors down tools over taxes
Essential medical services were on Tuesday brought to a halt as Resident Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH),…
Tax weary Nigerian doctors in warning strike
Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, on Tuesday began a three-day warning strike over alleged abnormal tax…
Nigerian pregnant woman denied care because of $150
A pregnant Nigerian lady has died because doctors in Port Harcourt insisted the husband must pay N20,000, less than $150,…
US-Based Nigerian Doctors Perform Surgery On 10 Patients
An International Health Specialist/Epidemiologist with the United States of America Air Force, Dr. Francis Ayo Obuseh, says his humanitarian organization…