Tochukwu Chukwu
- Health , News
- January 17, 2021
- 187 views
COVID-19 vaccines: Late delivery imminent over NAFDAC approval
The delivery of COVID-19 vaccines may suffer delay following the failure of the Federal Ministry of Health to write the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration for approval. A…
- Health , News
- January 17, 2021
- 226 views
The most suitable vaccine for Nigeria, according to experts
Medical professionals in the country have advised the Federal Government to procure the Oxford/Astra-Zeneca, Russia’s Sputnik, or the Novavax vaccine in the national efforts to contain the COVID-19 global pandemic.…
- Health , News , Politics
- January 16, 2021
- 204 views
NMA laments increased Covid infections among health workers
The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association has expressed concern over the increase in the rate of COVID- 19 infections among health workers in the state. The state…
- Health , News
- January 16, 2021
- 232 views
Restructure or risk boycott of 2023 polls, Nwodo tells FG
The immediate past President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural group, Chief John Nwodo, has called on the Federal Government to initiate and conclude the process of restructuring the country before…
- Health , News , Politics
- January 16, 2021
- 216 views
COVID-19: Again, FG snubs Osinbajo report, mobilises corpers to camps
The Federal Government has again snubbed a recommendation by the Economic Sustainability Committee led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and decided to re-open orientation camps nationwide next Tuesday and rising COVID-19…
- Health
- January 15, 2021
- 243 views
NAFDAC has not approved any COVID-19 vaccines — DG
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the agency has not approved any COVID-19 vaccines. She made this known in…
UgamatvCOVID-19: PTF incompetent, dissolve it now, PDP tells Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to dissolve the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 over alleged incompetence. In a…
South Africa police arrest thousands over facemasks
South African police have arrested more than 7,000 people caught without face masks in public since the end of December, the government said on Wednesday. Officials made face coverings mandatory…
Varsity reopening: NANS to set up COVID-19 task force
The National Association of Nigerian Students has urged the Federal Government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to resume academic activities at the nation’s public universities. The…
COVID-19: South Africa shuts land borders
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday extended recently imposed coronavirus restrictions and placed curbs on land border traffic, as the country grapples with an unprecedented surge in cases fuelled…
