Health

The Bayelsa State Government has intervened following a sudden strike embarked upon by the Association of Resident Doctors at the Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa. The…
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Patients were forced to leave the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa, in droves on Wednesday after doctors embarked on an indefinite strike following the alleged assault of…
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The Rivers State Government has intensified its crackdown on illegal health facilities, shutting down five hospitals and a patent drug store over alleged involvement in child…
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Residents of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, have expressed growing concern over the increasing incidence of newborn babies being abandoned at refuse dump sites across the…
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Bayelsa Medical University (BMU) has achieved a major milestone with the attainment of full accreditation for its Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme, as…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed Bayelsa State, alongside several other states, on a moderate Ebola preparedness alert following a fresh…
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Bayelsa State Government has assured the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) and other development partners in the health sector of a better working relationship to…
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As part of activities marking his sixty-first birthday celebration, the publisher and Editor-In-Chief of a Yenagoa based The Light Newspaper, Elder Ebi Ozegbe has organised…
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Yenagoa | January 26, 2026 The Wife of the Bayelsa State Governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Gloria Diri, on Monday flagged off the Integrated Measles–Rubella Vaccination Campaign in…
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Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has directed the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Seiyefa Brisibe, to ensure that every member of the state executive council…
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