The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has said online medical schools are not recognised in Nigeria. The council affirmed that the practice of medicine requires in-person clinical training, laboratory work, and bedside teaching, all of which are mandatory components of medical education, reports The Nation. It said final examination...
Security sources say 20 medical students who were kidnapped in Benue State have just been rescued. The operation was coordinated by the office of the National Security Adviser, reports Channels TV. •Three of the abducted medical students Security agencies – the police, DSS and military personnel and equipment were involved in the operation, wi...
•Embattled Emefiele Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting at Maitama, Abuja, today dismissed the application filed by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, seeking the leave of the court to travel abroad for medical leave. The embattled Emefiele is being prosecuted by th...
•Embattled Emefiele The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday opposed the application of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele for the release of his passport to enable him to make an overseas medical trip. In a statement yesterday, the agency’s spokesman Dele Oyewale said the defence counse...
The Guild of Medical Directors of Nigeria has raised the alarm that the hike in electricity tariff is choking private hospitals with some of them closing shop. The Guild disclosed that no fewer than eight private hospitals in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, recently shut down over the high cost of electricity supply and insecurity, [&helli...
•Police recruits The Police Recruitment Board, set up by the Police Service Commission to midwife the ongoing recruitment of Nigerians into the Constable Cadre of the Nigeria Police Force, has confirmed twenty centres for medical screening for successful and shortlisted applicants from the just concluded computer-based tests conducted by the J...
•Doctors during a protest The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has extended the ultimatum earlier issued to the federal government to address all pending issues by six more weeks. MDCAN made this known in a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Council meeting held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State yesterday. [&hell...
•Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm over the disappointing demand for locally produced medical syringes in the country following the discovery of over 1.5 billion unsold units of the product in one local factory alone. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojis...
•Dr Dada The Chief Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, Lagos, Dr Adedamola Dada, in this interview explains measures being taken by the hospital to retain health workers and how health insurance can reduce quackery, reports The PUNCH. Brain drain (japa) is a very big issue. How is the Japa syndrome affecting your […...
•Zulum The Borno State Government has approved the immediate release of over N55.9 million for payment of registration fees of 153 medical students in a bid to resuscitate the health sector which is the worst hit by the insurgent crisis. The Executive Secretary of the Borno State Scholarship Board, Malam Bala Isa, disclosed this while [&hellip...
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