Tag: health workers

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Joshua OnonoseAugust 9, 2022

Kizz Daniel arrested, freed from police custody in Tanzania; UK museum to return 72 looted Benin artifacts | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Kizz Daniel arrested, freed from police custody in Tanzania Health workers absent as measles outbreak kills 50 in Rivers Nigerian ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiFebruary 11, 2018

The Late 5: Health workers threaten to go on strike, ICC concludes investigation into Shiites massacre and other stories

These are the stories that drove conversation today. Members of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional ...

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AzeezOctober 1, 2017

Health workers suspend nationwide strike

The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals (JOHESU) has suspended its nationwide strike. This was after a meeting ...

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AzeezSeptember 27, 2017

Why FG shouldn’t be blamed for health workers’ strike – Ngige

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has said the ongoing strike by the National Association of Joint Health Sector Unions ...

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AzeezSeptember 20, 2017

Health workers begin indefinite strike on Thursday

The Joint Health Sector Union on Wednesday declared a nationwide indefinite strike. JOHESU national Chairman, Biobelemoye Josiah announced this during a media briefing ...

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AzeezAugust 8, 2017

LUTH alerts health workers over released corpse of Lassa fever victim

The epidemiology unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has issued a notice over the corpse of a Lassa fever ...

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AzeezMay 18, 2017

FG constitutes 10-man standby committee to tackle Ebola

by Azeez Adeniyi The Federal Government on Wednesday said it has constituted a 10-man committee of health workers to stay ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaFebruary 9, 2017

FG confirms fresh Lassa fever cases in Ondo, Edo, Bauchi

The Federal Government on Wednesday said seven new cases of Lassa fever had been reported and confirmed in Ondo, Edo, ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 27, 2016

Health workers pull out of Ekiti state NLC/TUC strike

Health workers in Ekiti state under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Union, on Friday, pulled out of the strike ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 2, 2015

Health workers call off nationwide strike

by Janet Johnson Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has called off its nationwide strike which commenced on Wednesday, November 12, ...

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Kolapo OlapojuSeptember 3, 2014

They have resumed! Gunmen kidnap 4 health workers in Rivers state

by Azubuike Azikiwe Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted seven health workers in Rivers State. The health workers, four medical doctors, ...

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SolaAugust 17, 2014

“The pressure is too much for us” scared health workers flee Lagos isolation ward

by S’ola Filani   Health workers at the Yaba Mainland Hospital, Lagos have stopped attending to victims isolated in the hospital. Confirming ...

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Kolapo OlapojuAugust 11, 2014

Scientists say a 2-year-old boy from Guinea started the Ebola outbreak [DETAILS]

by Kolapo Olapoju   Scientists believe they have traced the Ebola virus disease to patient zero, a two-year-old boy who ...

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Kolapo OlapojuAugust 8, 2014

This is the suit that keeps Ebola away – but how do health workers get it? (LOOK, READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju   Sheik Umar Khan, a Sierra Leone doctor treating Ebola patients, was wearing a protective gear, yet somehow, ...

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January 31, 2014

Brutality: Soldiers ‘beat up hospital staff for rejecting colleague’s body’

by ‘Jola Sotubo Reports have it that a number of soldiers invaded a hospital in Ondo on Wednesday and assaulted ...

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October 4, 2013

Health workers strike: FG in closed door meeting with aggrieved doctors

by Tutu Akinlabi A glimmer of hope shone into the abysmal situation of the nation’s health workers strike yesterday as ...

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August 28, 2013

Health workers suspend strike after crucial meeting

by Oge Okonkwo The ongoing health workers strike which began on August 19, has been suspended by the Joint Health ...

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August 26, 2013

Strike: Health minister to negotiate with striking health workers

by ‘Jola Sotubo A resolution might be in sight for the ongoing strike which has crippled the medical sector in ...

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