•Doctors protest The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) commenced an indefinite strike on Saturday, grounding activities in hospitals across the country. Findings by our correspondent showed that many health facilities where resident doctors provide essential services were largely deserted yesterday, with only nurses on duty offer...
•Tinubu and doctors The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to wade into the nation’s ailing healthcare system and save it from imminent collapse. In an open letter titled, “A Passionate Appeal to the Commander-in-Chief of the Federation,” dated October 27, 2025, and signed by NARD President, Dr...
•Nigerian doctors The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has listed 19 demands which it described as the minimum expectations required to avert a total and indefinite nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Saturday. The President, Dr Muhammad Suleiman, stated this on Monday in Abuja at a media conference while presenting the r...
•Doctors The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has declared a total, comprehensive, and indefinite strike scheduled to commence at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025. This followed a five-hour extraordinary National Executive Council meeting held last Sunday, where the council resolved that the federal government had failed to meet ...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has scheduled an Extraordinary National Executive Council meeting to review the 30-day ultimatum earlier issued to the federal government. In a notice obtained by our correspondent yesterday, addressed to the National Officers’ Committee, Caucus Leaders, Centre Presidents, and General Secretaries, t...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors today decried the country’s poor doctor-to-patient ratio of 19,083, describing it as far from global best practice. In a press statement issued on Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary, the association announced that with effect from today, October 1, 2025, resident doctors across the country will...
Nigeria’s resident doctors have sounded the alarm over the escalating migration of medical professionals abroad, warning that the “Japa Syndrome” is leaving hospitals across the country critically understaffed. Speaking at the opening of their 45th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference in Katsina yesterday, the doctors revealed that...
•Doctors during a protest Resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have begun an indefinite strike over what they described as the authorities’ failure to address their demands. In a statement signed by the President of the association in the FCT, George Ebong, it said the decision was reached after its emergency general meeting...
•Doctors The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has commenced a five-day warning strike today, following the expiration of its fresh ultimatum to the federal government over unpaid allowances, salary arrears and unresolved welfare issues. The association announced the industrial action after what it described as government inactio...
•Doctors The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has extended by 24 hours the nationwide strike originally scheduled to begin today, following the expiration of its 10-day ultimatum for the federal government to meet its welfare demands. The association warned that a full-scale strike would commence if the demands were not met with...
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