Category: Health
Immigration to smaller cities sign of diversifying Saskatchewan
17 Sep 2023
A few months into the launch of her Nigerian restaurant in Prince Albert, Shalom Ogoh wasn’t sure if it was going to take with the locals. Restaurant owner Shalom Ogoh, right, provides service to clients at Nigerian shop Suyah To-Go in Prince Albert on Sept. 10, 2023.Photo by KIMIYA SHOKOOHI /Saskatoon StarPhoenix PRINCE ALBERT — […]
Continue ReadingNurses, midwives lament exclusion from 40 percent pay rise for workers
24 Apr 2023
The National Association Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Federal Health Institution (NANNM-FHI) sector, has decried the exclusion of its members in the recent 40 per cent pay rise for federal workers. The association expressed its displeasure in a statement issued by Mr Morakinyo-Olajide Rilwan, National Chairman, NANNM-FHI sector, to the Newsmen in Abuja on Sunday. Rilwan […]
Continue ReadingNigerian woman cries after discovering drugs in crayfish she was asked to deliver in Italy (Video)
22 Apr 2023
A Nigerian woman has taken to social media to express her outrage after discovering drugs in the bag of crayfish she was asked to deliver to someone in Italy. In a video, the woman displayed the illicit items she discovered and expressed her rage at the person who gave her the crayfish. She also cautioned […]
Continue ReadingCustom intercepts 553 canabis sativa in Semé
22 Apr 2023
The Semé Command of Nigeria Customs Service said it intercepted 553 parcels of canabis sativa worth N10 million, with four suspects arrested alongside. The Customs Area Controller of Seme Customs, Comptroller Dera Nnadi disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Semé. According to the controller, on April 21, at about 4:03p.m, officers of the […]
Continue ReadingNo life was lost in the building that collapsed in Banana island- LASEMA
13 Apr 2023
The Lagos state Emergency Management Agency LASEMA has said that no life was lost in the building that collapsed on 1st Avenue in Highbrow Banana Island on Wednesday evening, April 12 In a statement released, the agency said the building collapsed as a result of a truck that ran into it. The statement read; ”Situation […]
Continue ReadingCAN condemns WAMCO over offensive Easter advert
11 Apr 2023
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, makers of Peak Milk, over an offensive Easter advert that has sparked outrage among Christians in the country. In the controversial advert, the company used the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to promote their product on Good Friday, a move that […]
Continue ReadingUK stops recruiting in Nigeria and 53 other countries
11 Apr 2023
The United Kingdom has placed Nigeria and 53 other countries on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers. The announcement was contained in the revised code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England. It is recommended […]
Continue ReadingViral photos of Nigerian father-son doctors performing surgery together
31 Mar 2023
Tochukwu Eneh, a Nigerian medical doctor, and his father, also a doctor, have warmed many people’s hearts after photos of them performing surgery together went viral. Tochukwu, who is following in the footsteps of his father, who has 30 years of experience, revealed that they both saved a life in the theater. On March 29, […]
Continue Reading“The Chief Nursing Officer told me to iron her scrubs,” a Nigerian nurse recalls her first day on the job in a hospital ward
29 Mar 2023
Kendra, a Nigerian registered nurse and midwife, told a Chief Nursing Officer about her first day on a hospital ward. She told the microblogging platform that the CNO had ordered her to iron a scrub. According to her, the request was extremely perplexing because it was outside of her job description, but the CNO seemed […]
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