The Federal Government has met with members of the Joint Health Workers Unions (JOHESU) on their grievances. The union was demanding adjustment of salary grade, payment...
Health workers and caregivers have been banned from bringing their families to the United Kingdom on work visas, the UK government has said. According to the...
In a bid to discourage health professionals from leaving the country in what is popularly called the ‘Japa Syndrome,’ the Nigerian government has placed a blanket...
The Abia State Government, on Wednesday, said it is planning enhanced welfare package from 2024 for health workers in the state in a bid to discourage...
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Health Matters, Salma Anas has disclosed that the President is worried over the exodus of health workers...
The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals has asked the Federal Government to immediately implement the technical committee’s report on the adjustment of the Consolidated Health...
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has suspended its nationwide strike for 21 days following a meeting with President Bola Tinubu. The president had on Monday...
The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) has suspended its indefinite strike in Lagos for four weeks. The Acting Chairman of NUAHP in the Lagos...
The meeting between the Joint Health Workers Union and the Federal Government ended in a stalemate on Friday. The union had on Thursday directed its members...
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has directed its members to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike over the Federal Government’s failure to address its demands....
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has okayed the payment of hazard allowances for health workers days before the gubernatorial election in the state. Abiodun will be...
The Senior Staff Association of Universities Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI) on Thursday gave the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to pay arrears...
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Ayuba Wabba, has disclosed that the federal government is yet to commence payment of the new hazard allowance...
Members of the Ondo State Chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo, have embarked on a strike action...
In the midst of a pandemic that has ravaged the entire globe killing hundreds of people, governments all over the world put several measures in place...
The Chairman of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), Biobelemoye Josiah, on Monday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the inclusion of the adjusted Consolidated Health Salary...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the release of doctors and other health workers’ salaries seized by the Federal Government during their strike earlier this year. The...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said on Monday the Federal Government would make a final decision on the new hazard allowance for health...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday only 27 percent of health workers in Africa have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. The WHO Regional Director...
A report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that some 80,000 to 180,000 healthcare workers globally are estimated to have died from COVID-19 between...
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have withdrawn their strike notice aimed at shutting down medical services across the...
At least seven staff of Primary Healthcare Departments in Kwami and Billiri local government areas of Gombe State have been arrested by police for alleged diversion...
The French parliament had approved the suspension of unvaccinated health workers from Wednesday in a bid to protect the public from the COVID-19 pandemic. French has...
The Federal Government has reached an agreement with aggrieved health workers in the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this to journalists...
Health workers under the umbrella of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) in Abia State on Thursday suspended their strike in the state. JOHESU announced the suspension...
The Federal Government has disclosed that it will meet with representatives of health sector workers in a fortnight to harmonise their proposals on new hazard allowance...
Non-doctors under the auspices of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), University College Hospital, Ibadan Branch, on Tuesday commenced an indefinite strike. The union,...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, said on Thursday health workers in the country would earn an improved hazard allowance soon. He gave...
The Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) on Wednesday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to recall the sacked...
The Federal Government has placed the country’s health workers on alert over the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease in Conakry, Guinea. The Minister of...
Health workers in Bayelsa will begin an indefinite strike on Friday over non-payment of salary arrears by the state government. The Chairman of Medical and Health...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that no fewer than 75 health workers contracted the deadly COVID-19 virus last week, while 27 deaths...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has revealed that efforts are underway to follow up on the insurance cover for frontline health workers that died of the...
At least 12 health workers have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, Taraba State. The hospital’s Acting Head of Clinical Services, Dr....
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, said on Monday the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the attention of medical experts from HIV, tuberculosis and other...
A health crisis looms in Kenya as no fewer than 30,000 nurses and health workers have embarked on a nationwide strike. In a statement issued on...
Health Workers under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals (JOHESU) on Sunday suspended their seven days warning strike. The...
The Federal Government on Sunday declared the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) strike as illegal. The health workers had declared a nationwide strike, effective from midnight...
Health workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) are expected to begin a nationwide strike from midnight on Sunday over Federal Government’s...
Health workers in Nigeria have announced that they would commence a strike action by midnight of Sunday, even as the country still battles to over some...
The leadership of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) said on Monday it would commence a nationwide warning strike over Federal Government’s failure to meet the...
No less than 418 health workers in Ondo State have so far contracted COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic in Nigeria. This disclosure was made...
A fresh crisis is brewing in the nation’s health sector as workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare...
Health workers in Nigeria have noted with regret the attitude of the Federal Government of Nigeria towards the implementation of the COVID-19 hazard allowances to health...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said on Thursday the Federal Government would commence the payment of hazard allowance to health workers tackling the...
Health workers in Bauchi State under the Joint Health Sector Union and Assembly of Health Care Professionals are set to embark on an indefinite strike from...
The Plateau State government led by Governor Solomon Lalong has confirmed that no fewer than 57 health workers in the state have tested positive to the...
The Akwa Ibom State Government on Wednesday asked striking health workers to resume work immediately or risk being sacked. The threat was contained in a statement...
The Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Obi Ikechukwu on Friday said 72 health workers had been infected with the dreaded COVID-19 virus in the state....
The Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, said on Saturday 51 health workers had so far tested positive for...
