Minister, Buratai, others go into isolation as GOC dies
The Nigerian Army has cancelled the remaining activities in the ongoing Chief of Army Staff’s annual conference 2020 after a participant died in Abuja, on Tuesday. The victim, identified as…
OKONJO-IWEALA SAYS: Nigeria to get COVID-19 vaccine January 2021
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of…
Israel gets first delivery of Pfizer Covid vaccine
Israel received its first batch of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declaring the pandemic’s end was “in sight” and vowing to get the first jab.…
90-year-old Briton first to receive Pfizer Covid vaccine
Britain on Tuesday began the biggest vaccination programme in the country’s history, with a 90-year-old grandmother becoming the first person to receive the Covid vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech. The historic inoculation…
WARIF SAYS, COVID-19 has increased sexual abuse cases
A non-governmental organisation, Women at Risk International Foundation, has decried the increase in the rate of sexual and domestic abuse during the coronavirus pandemic. WARIF said this was so because…
US promises more support to end HIV in Nigeria
The United States Government, says it will continue to support Nigeria in its quest to end the HIV pandemic in the country. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Marybth Leonard, gave…
Anambra hospital holds blind man’s wife over N248,000 bill
A 39-year-old woman, Virginia James, has been held in a private hospital in Awka, Anambra State, over medical bill. UGAMATV learnt that the victim had been in the hospital for…
Christmas Carol: CAN says PTF, church must discuss
The Christian Association of Nigeria on Tuesday faulted the warning by the Presidential Task Force on COVID – 19 against Christmas Carol to check the spike in Coronavirus. The General…
17 corps members test positive for COVID-19 in Abia
Seventeen members of the National Youth Service Corp currently at the orientation camp in Abia State have tested positive for COVID-19. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Joe Osuji, revealed…
WorldAIDSDay: over 12 million people waiting for HIV treatment —UNAIDS
The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Winnie Byanyinma, has said over 12 million infected persons are waiting to access to HIV treatment while 1.7 million…















