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Nigeria: Brain Drain - Over 500 Doctors Heed Saudi Headhunt for Nigerian Doctors
Daily Trust, 24 August 2021
Over 500 doctors in Abuja turned up at a recruitment meet the Saudi health ministry organised to pick Nigerian doctors for work in Saudi Arabia. Read more »
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Nigeria: Five Die From Covid-19, As Nigeria Records 655 New Cases Tuesday
Premium Times, 25 August 2021
The fatality toll increased to 2,281 from 2,276 reported 24 hours earlier. Read more »
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Nigeria: Doctors' Strike - Confusion Follows Court Order, Patients Suffer Consequences
Premium Times, 24 August 2021
As witnessed by our reporters, most of the wards visited were empty of patients as nurses and health attendants on duty chatted away. Read more »
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Nigeria: Doctors in Mass Exodus Amidst NARD Strike
Daily Trust, 23 August 2021
As the ongoing industrial action by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) continue to deny many Nigerians access to healthcare, Daily Trust investigations reveal that… Read more »
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Nigeria: Doctors Insist Strike Continues After Rejecting Memorandum of Understanding
Premium Times, 22 August 2021
"The strike continues as he that is down needs fear no fall," NARD says. Read more »
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Nigeria: Court Refuses Another Request to Stop Resident Doctors' Strike
Premium Times, 23 August 2021
The judge rather ordered both the Nigerian government and the striking doctors to "suspend hostilities." Read more »
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Nigeria: Strike - Why We Refused to Sign MOU - Doctors
Vanguard, 23 August 2021
Striking resident doctors said yesterday that they declined to append their signature to the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the federal government because they had the… Read more »
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Niger: Nigerian Doctors' Strike Disrupts Health System Amid Pandemic
VOA, 12 August 2021
Doctors in Nigeria are on strike over unpaid salaries and poor benefits. But the strike by some 40% of the country's medical workforce comes amid a fresh wave of coronavirus… Read more »