AdminAfrica left behind in COVID-19 vaccine administration –WHO
The World Health Organisation, on Tuesday, decried the low rate of COVID-19 vaccination in Africa. It regretted that only two per cent of the total 5.7 billion doses of vaccine…
14 states, FCT report 519 new COVID-19 cases, 18 additional deaths
14 states and the Federal Capital Territory reported 519 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The health agency…
FG plans to vaccinate all eligible Nigerians in two years
The Federal Government through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency plans to vaccinate all eligible Nigerians against the novel COVID-19 in the next two years. The NPCHDA disclosed this…
UgamatvContempt: Expand prison to contain us, resident doctors dare FG
Striking doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors have dared the Federal Government to go ahead and arrest them all. They gave the challenge while reacting…
Buhari gives conditions for paying doctors’ benefits, faults strike
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said doctors’ outstanding benefits would not be paid until a verification exercise is carried out. He also said that hazard allowance would…
Lagos, FCT, 11 others report 466 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths
12 states and the Federal Capital Territory reported 466 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, according to figures released on Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The health agency…
COVID-19 variants prolong Africa’s pandemic wave, says WHO
The World Health Orgainsation says that weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa fell by more than 20 per cent, the sharpest seven-day decline in two months as the third wave pandemic…
millions around the world STRUGGLE, UK to throw away 800,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses
Up to 800,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine are likely to have expired across the UK at the end of August and could now be thrown away. According to The…
Nigeria records 559 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths IN 15 states
Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory and 13 other states reported 559 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to figures released on Thursday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The…
Obi donates N100m to upgrade Shanahan nursing, midwifery school to college
Mr Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra, has donated N100m to Bishop Shanahan Specialist Hospital Nsukka (BSSHN) to upgrade its School of Nursing and Midwifery to a College. BSSHN is…
