Tag: Nurses
Two nurses, female soldier arrested for stealing newborn baby
Two nurses and a serving female soldier have been arrested in Cross River State over the alleged theft and sale…
FG scrambles to end Nurses’ strike as hospitals reel from shutdown
According to Professor Pate, the government has already taken steps to tackle the key issues that prompted the strike, with…
Patients wait, nurses walk out as calls for reform echo nationwide
Nigerian nurses, under the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), are on strike across the country. The strike…
Nurses in federal hospitals down tools over welfare demands
Rilwan explained that the decision to strike did not come from the union leadership alone, but from the nurses themselves,…
Dallas hospital shooting: One nurse dead, another wounded
The unnamed gunman reported invaded the Methodist Hospital, Dallas and opened fire on nurses, shooting two before the police officer…
U.S. offers 280,000 Green Cards for nurses, other professionals
From 140,000, the green cards available this year has been increased to 280,000,
Lagos nurses to begin 3-day strike
Awojide said that the strike will send a clear message to stakeholders that nurses would no longer continue to provide…
Coronavirus: Health workers want support for nurses
Adeniji Alani, President, National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), has called on Federal Government to support the nurses…
Unemployment: Association tasks nurses on entrepreneurship
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) Federal Health Institutions Sector, has urged nurses to go into entrepreneurship…
Don tasks nurses on professionalism
Prof. Prisca Adejumo, the Head of Department of Nursing, University of Ibadan, on Friday urged nurses to be problem solvers…
Nurses plead with Nigerian Govt to declare state of emergency in health sector
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) on Wednesday pleaded with the Federal Government to declare a state…
Nurses free to establish maternity homes and clinics – Director
Mrs Patience Odutayo, the Director of Nursing Services, Ogun State Hospital Management Board, on Thursday said that nurses were free…
Association decries shortage of nurses in Nigeria
The National Association of Perioperative Nurses (NAPON) said on Thursday that the dearth of perioperative nurses in the nation’s health…
Nurses receive N200,000
In an effort to promote excellence, two Lagos State legislators on Monday rewarded two nurses at the Isolo General Hospital,…
Enugu government to recruit 344 doctors, nurses
The Enugu State Government will recruit 344 medical and auxiliary personnel for its University Teaching Hospital. The Commissioner for Information,…
NLC tells C/River govt to employ 300 nurses
The Cross River chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Thursday advised the state government to recruit at least…
El-Rufai shuts Govt House Clinic, redeploys doctors, nurses
The Government House Clinic in Kaduna has been shut, and its medical personnel have been redeployed to public hospitals. The…
Sokoto govt. to absorb 50 SURE-P nurses into civil service
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has instructed the Sokoto State Primary Healthcare Development Agency to absorb 50 nurses and…
Aisha Buhari to Nurses: Educate mothers on consumption of healthy foods
The wife of Nigeria’s president, Aisha Buhari, has urged nurses to educate mothers on the need to consume healthy foods…
Nurses go on strike in Ebola-hit Liberia
Nurses at Liberia’s largest hospital went on strike on Monday, demanding better pay and equipment to protect them against a…
Amosun promises prompt payment of arrears to midwives, nurses
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria has assured protesting Midwives posted to Ogun state by the…
India nurses return from Iraq to emotional welcome
A group of 46 Indian nurses held “against their will” in a part of Iraq seized by Islamic militants returned…
Zamfara Sacks 400 Nurses, Midwives Over Strike
The government of the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara has sacked over 400 nurses and midwives, who went on strike…
Nurses And Their Attitude To Patients
A hospital is supposed to be a place of succour; a place where the sick and the wounded expect to…
Strike: Woman Dies After Childbirth At Isolo Hospital
A woman who was in labour, Mrs. Esther Peter, died this morning at the gate of Isolo General Hospital, Lagos,…
Doctors’ Strike: Hospital Rejects Patients
The University of Abuja Teaching Hospital on Wednesday refused to admit patients, following the strike embarked upon by the Association…