Tag: Nigerian Doctor
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Unknown gunmen kill Nigerian doctor in Benin
Unknown armed assailants have killed a physiotherapist working with the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH).
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Nigerian doctor emerges president of Canadian medical association
A Nigerian-born clinical associate professor of medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi, has been elected as President of the Canadian Medical Association, CMA.
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Mercy Aigbe tongue lashes social media users over responses to late Dr. Chinelo’s tweet calling for prayer
Has it degenerated to this, where is the love?
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Nigerian doctor, Laoluwa Adejayan appointed head of Sierra Leone COVID-19 task force
Sierra Leone has appointed Nigeria’s Dr. Laoluwa Adejayan as head of its Covid-19 task force after adjudging him the best foreign medical practitioner in the country. Consequently, his salary has been raised to $20,000 per month, a 100 per cent increase. Adejayan is a graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State. He…
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UK-based Nigerian doctor, wife die from COVID-19 ten days apart
Nigeria-born Doctor James Oniah and his care home director wife, Mary, have died from coronavirus in the United Kingdom 10-days apart. Seventy-nine year old retired radiologist Oniah died on April 24 only for Mary to succumb to the virus on May 4. They both died at King George Hospital in Ilford, East London, according to…
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Another Nigerian doctor dies of coronavirus in UK
Another Nigerian medical doctor, Edmond Adefolu Adedeji, has died in the UK, killed by coronavirus. Adedeji died on Thursday 9 April. He was 62. He was the latest of Nigerian professionals to succumb to the virus. Adedeji was a well ‘respected and well-liked’ doctor at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, before his death. According…