MLSCN Licence Renewal 2022: is AMLSN Nat'l Dues required? I made a post the other day about the summary of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) Licence Renewal 2022 (click here to read it). However, I did not take into cognizance the fact that there has been some recent...
The Akwa Ibom State Government has shut down 12 Medical Laboratories within the Uyo metropolis, the state capital.   Prof. Augustine Umoh, the Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Health made the disclosure to newsmen in Uyo after the State Monitoring/Inspection Team headed by Dr. Augustine Udoh sealed some laboratories on Sunday.   Prof. Umoh...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) over the weekend gave an update on the number of COVID-19 Omicron variant cases in the country even as the Centre disclosed that Nigeria has not recorded any death from the variant.   The Director-General, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said additional 39 cases of...
  The federal government has approved booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine for Nigerians who are fully vaccinated. This was disclosed on Friday in a statement by Mohammad Ohitoto, spokesman for the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).   The development comes days after Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the government of the...
  Dr. John Ochei has been conferred with the ISN lifetime achievement award for his immense contributions to the Medical Laboratory Science Practice in Nigeria.   The grandpa of Medical Laboratory Science as he is fondly called was awarded at the recently concluded ISN Medical Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award...
The new COVID-19 Variant has been reported in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday reported three cases of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus in the country. This is coming as the Federal Government has reviewed it's travel protocol in a way to contain the new variant....
As part of measures to contain the new Omicron variant, the Federal Government, yesterday, reviewed travel protocol, with an additional Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test imposed on inbound travelers.   The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 directed that passengers arriving in Nigeria are now required to conduct a PCR test...
Young Medical Lab. Scientists have been told to brace up for the digital revolution in the Medical Laboratory Science Profession.   The Dean, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Lagos, Prof Oluyemi Akinloye made the call while delivering a keynote address on the topic: "Digital revolution, artificial intelligence, and Cyber...
  A winner has emerged for the ISN Medical Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award (iMLSOTY), second edition.   He is Friday Odum, a Medical Laboratory Scientist who works with one of the ISO 15189 accredited laboratories in the Country, Clina-Lancet Laboratory.     Odum, a graduate of the University of Calabar emerged...
The grand finale of the ISN Medical Laboratory Scientist of the Year, second edition, is held today November 26, 2021   The hybrid event will be streamed live to Youtube and Facebook and will be held at the prestigious Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.     Several important dignitaries, including the...