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  • 2 weeks ago | punchng.com | Deborah Tolu-Kolawole |Lara Adejoro |John Charles |Chima Azubuike |Abiodun Nejo |Umar Sani

    Twelve states of the Federation currently have less than 200 qualified trained doctors. This is according to the data obtained from the state of health of the nation report found on the website of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare by our correspondents on Tuesday in Abuja. Since 2021, Nigeria has continued to witness a huge trend in the migration of doctors and other categories of health workers to other countries, leaving behind a huge shortage back home.

  • 1 month ago | punchng.com | Lara Adejoro

  • Mar 9, 2025 | punchng.com | Lara Adejoro |Godfrey George

    Some officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control have opened up on their battles against illicit drugs and dealers of harmful products in the country. In separate interviews with Sunday PUNCH, the senior officers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, narrated how they escaped death by a whisker during raids on fake drug merchants. NAFDAC DG’s outburstIn a recent outburst, the Director General of NAFDAC, Prof.

  • Jan 25, 2025 | punchng.com | Lara Adejoro |Gift Habib |Olufemi Adediran |Raphael Ede

    Tragedy struck in Enugu State on Saturday when no fewer than 18 people were burnt to death and 13 others injured in a tanker explosion at Ugwu Onyeama, along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, in the Udi Local Government Area of the state. The incident occurred around 11.30am when a fuel-laden tanker while descending a hill collided with a water truck belonging to JUHEL Nigeria Limited, triggering an explosion that caused widespread panic.

  • Jan 18, 2025 | punchng.com | Lara Adejoro

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 54 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of the 196 suspected cases from December 30, 2024, to January 5, 2025.  The NCDC also recorded 10 deaths with a Case Fatality Rate of 18.5 per cent. According to the Lassa fever situation report obtained from the NCDC on Saturday, the cases cut across six states and 20 local government areas of the country.

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