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From festivals in Florida to touring Dracula’s digs in Romania, we round up the best destinations to visit this October. As summer abandons Europe again this October, eke out the last of the rays and raves in Ibiza, where nightclubs will be going out with a bang for the winter break. When the party finally stops head to the island’s north.
Acute malnutrition hits Nasarawa, 30 children dead, 2,000 others hospitalised
Thirty children have been confirmed dead, while more than 2,000 are currently receiving attention for acute malnutrition in various medical centres across Nasarawa State.
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New HIV drug kills 99 per cent of virus during first human trial
At end of the trial, it was discovered that the drug, named Gammora, created by Zion Medical, an Israeli biotech company was capable of wiping out 99 per cent of HIV infected cells in the human body.
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FG threatens to sack striking health workers
The Federal Government has threatened to sack striking health workers if they fail to resume on Wednesday (today).
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Codeine Ban: NDLEA Intensifies Cameroonian Border Surveillance
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Adamawa Command, has said that it has commenced intensive surveillance on major routes along the Nigeria-Cameroon border so as to forestall the importation of codeine into the country.
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Doctor performs brain surgery on wrong patient
A neurosurgeon has been suspended for opening up the head of the wrong patient in one of the worst cases of medical malpractice to become public at Kenyatta National Hospital.
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Redeployed Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti Head of Accounts, Aladesawe rejects posting…
A cold war is presently brewing at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti (FETHI), in Ekiti State, over the refusal of the former Head of Accounts of the tertiary institution, Mr. Rotimi Aladesawe, to vacate his position for the…
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Buhari ignores health minister, reinstates suspended NHIS Executive Secretary who is under probe for…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reinstated the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf.
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Buhari orders Ekwueme be flown abroad for immediate medical treatment
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed former Vice President Alex Ekwueme be immediately flown abroad for urgent medical treatment, the presidency said Friday.
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WHO reverses Mugabe goodwill ambassador appointment
The head of the World Health Organization on Sunday reversed his decision to name Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador, following widespread uproar.
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Monkeypox cases rise to 74 in 11 states
The Monkeypox virus outbreak has spread to 11 states with 74 suspected cases recorded, Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole has said.
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