The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 195 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The development brings the total number
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Earlier in the day, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo received the COVID-19 vaccine at the Presidential Villa (read it HERE). Below are photos from the seminal event. President
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has said that the COVID-19 vaccination certificate, will soon become a compulsory requirement to travel anywhere in the world.
As part of efforts to continue to checkmate the spread of coronavirus in the country, the federal government has extended the work-from-home directive to civil servants on Grade Level 12
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, will on Saturday receive shots of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines. This was confirmed by Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director, National Primary Health
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines are both highly effective at preventing over-80s from being admitted to hospital, according to a new study. Researchers in Bristol found that 14 days
It is unrealistic to think that the world will be done with the Covid-19 pandemic by the end of the year, the WHO said Monday. The World Health Organization’s emergencies
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday confirmed that COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 3,891,047. According to the continental disease control and prevention agency’s COVID-19 dashboard,
On Wednesday, February 24th 2021, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC as usual, released the figure for COVID-19 cases in the country. The figures, especially the number of positive
Pope Francis has appointed Professor Roberto Bernabei as his new personal doctor. The Vatican in a statement on Wednesday said Bernabei, who is an expert in health care for the
The National Industrial Court, sitting in Ibadan, has upheld the election of Mr Soji Amosu as the duly elected Chairman of Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists
The Lagos State Government has deployed a verification platform to validate the authenticity of COVID-19 PCR tests done within the Private Laboratory Consortium and all State Public laboratories for outbound
No less than 1 in 5 individuals in Lagos, Enugu, and the Nasarawa States have ever been infected with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 virus), even as more Nigerians are still at risk,
The Federal Government, on Monday, warned Nigerians against patronising uncertified COVID-19 vaccine from private individuals. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, while speaking during the daily briefing of the Presidential
National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is to digitalise its services before the end of this year, the Executive Secretary of the organisation, Prof. Mohammed
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire Nigeria is evaluating four coronavirus vaccines for possible approval, including Russian, Indian and Chinese jabs, the health minister said on Monday. NAFDAC has
Kwara State COVID-19 technical committee has confirmed 65 new coronavirus cases in the State. A COVID-19 Kwara update released by the spokesman of the committee, Rafiu Ajakaye, in Ilorin on
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, has expressed concern over the report of four suspected Ebola deaths in Guinea. Moeti, on her personal twitter account
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says ten COVID-19 fatalities were recorded in Oyo State on Friday, bringing total deaths to 104. NCDC, on its microsite, also announced that
The Global Vaccine Alliance, GAVI, a lead partner in the WHO-led COVAX initiative for COVID-19 vaccines has said the portfolio will continue rolling out the AstraZeneca vaccine despite a study
