{"id":81214,"date":"2026-01-06T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81214"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:30:00","slug":"nurses-protest-colleagues-death-demand-action-after-abuja-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/06\/nurses-protest-colleagues-death-demand-action-after-abuja-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurses Protest Colleague\u2019s Death, Demand Action After Abuja Killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, Federal Health Institutions Sector, has condemned the killing of a nurse at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, and called for urgent measures to protect healthcare workers.<br \/>\nIn a statement on Tuesday, the association\u2019s National Secretary, Enya Osinachi, described the killing of Nurse Chinemerem Chukwumeziem as wicked and senseless. She was reportedly attacked after closing from her afternoon shift and commuting home on public transport, with her body later found dumped.<br \/>\nOsinachi said the incident underscored the growing security risks faced by nurses who work long hours and travel through unsafe routes, adding that condolences were meaningless without concrete actions to ensure their safety.<br \/>\nThe association urged security agencies in the Federal Capital Territory to conduct a thorough investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice.<br \/>\nNANNM also called for improved security around hospitals and commuting routes, staff transportation, better hazard allowances, life insurance and welfare support for families of deceased nurses.<br \/>\nIt warned that continued attacks on nurses threaten public trust and morale in the healthcare system, urging authorities to act decisively to prevent further tragedies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, Federal Health Institutions Sector, has condemned the killing of a nurse at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, and called for urgent measures to protect healthcare workers. In a statement on Tuesday, the association\u2019s National Secretary, Enya Osinachi, described the killing of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81216,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81214\/revisions\/81216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}