Tag: Ehanire
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Replacement threats: Striking doctors hit back at Ngige, Ehanire; say they should resign or be sacked
President of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, has said that the people who deserve to resign or be sacked from their duties are those who have put the doctors in a position where they have to embark on industrial actions to drive home their demands. Okhuaihesuyi said this on Sunday…
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Nigeria needs N1.89trn to effectively combat malaria – Ehanire
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says Nigeria needs over a trillion naira to effectively combat malaria in the country. Ehanire noted that the country required more than N350 billion to fight the disease in 2021 alone. The Minister disclosed this on Friday at a press conference to commemorate the 2021 World Malarial in…
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Threats To Lives: Ehanire, Where Is Our Covid-19 Vaccine? Magashi, Where Are The Killer Herdsmen?, By Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus Onyibe The level of insecurity in our country is at such a frightening stage that in a recent travel advisory to her citizens, the Canadian authorities directed her nationals not to engage in nonessential visits to Nigeria. Not just that they face the risk of being infected by the novel coronavirus, but to…
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Fed Govt worried over impact of pandemic-Ehanire
Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire said on Monday that the Federal Government is worried about the impact and effect of COVID-19 on the citizens. Ehanire said this in a statement issued by the ministry’s Director of Information, Media and Public Relations, Mr. Olujimi Oyetomi, in Abuja. According to the statement, Ehanire…
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President Buhari will determine when to lift lockdown, says Health Minister
Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, on Sunday said President Mohammadu Buhari would determine when to lift the lockdown occasioned by th novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. Ehanire said this on SundayPolitical on Channels Television in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that on April 13, Buhari announced a 14-day extension…
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Nigeria’s Health Minister under fire over comments on doctors, nurses hazard allowance
Nigeria’s Health Minister Osagie Ehanire is presently under fire over his comments on hazard allowance for doctors and health workers at the frontline of the Coronavirus outbreak in the country. The Minister, who spoke while meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly in Abuja on Thursday, said he was not aware if medical doctors…
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Coronavirus: We don’t know how long this will last –FG
The Federal Government on Monday said it did not know how long COVID-19 would last in the country. The Secretary to the Government of Federation, Boss Mustapha, said this at a press conference he jointly addressed with the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, in Abuja where the government revealed that the country had recorded its…
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COVID-19: Lai Mohammed, Ehanire, Aregbesola, others test negative
There was a sigh of relief on Thursday in Abuja as most members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet tested negative to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The positive status of the Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari, who is the coordinator of government activities created fright in government circles of a possible high-rate of infection of the…
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Breaking: Police arrests kidnappers of Benin Zoo Director
The Edo State Police Command, on Friday, nabbed four suspects alleged to have kidnapped the Director of Ogba Zoo Benin City, Edo State, Mr. Andy Ehanire. The State’s police anti kidnapping squad arrested the suspects in Sapele after they had collected N25 million and $100,000 as ransom. Recall that TheNewsGuru reported in series how Mr.…