The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Tedros Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). This comes as the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) revealed yesterday that over 47 million eligible Nigerians have already received the COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the NPHCDA, made …
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, says its COVID-19 vaccine project would be ready for its first clinical trial in November this year. The TETFund’s Ag. Director, Public Affairs, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to the statement, the project, which is a mega research grand intervention tagged ‘Accelerated Development of COVID-19 Vaccines Using …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded the Kano government for scaling up COVID-19 vaccination. The WHO country representative, Walter Mulombo, gave the commendation on Wednesday when he visited Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in Kano. He praised the government for applying the same strategy it used for polio, culminating in eradicating the disease. ”Sometime in the past, the Kano state was …
According to the National Health Commission, 54 additional locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases have been recorded on the Chinese mainland, with 25 cases in Beijing, 14 in Inner Mongolia, 13 in Shanghai, and two in Liaoning. Nine additional locally transmitted cases, eight in Inner Mongolia and one in Shanghai, were re-confirmed as active cases from asymptomatic patients, according to the commission. …
The COVID-19 vaccination programme in Borno is currently experiencing a significant setback due to a lack of timely payment of allowances to health workers/vaccinators, according to the findings. Borno state is one of the states in the country with the lowest number of people who have received the COVID-19 vaccine. Only about 6-7 percent of the state’s eligible population has …
Despite reports that COVID-19 cases and deaths have decreased significantly, Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has warned that COVID-19 is not over. This was stated by Mr. Ghebreyesus at the World Health Assembly’s opening ceremony on Sunday in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Assembly, composed of representatives from 194 countries, is WHO’s decision-making body. He asked …
Singapore and the African Union (AU) have developed a mutual recognition framework for digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates. The framework will become operational on May 23, 2022. “To facilitate the resumption of travel between Singapore and African nations, Singapore and the African Union have established a framework for mutual recognition of digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates,” the Africa CDC said in a …
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has warned that Nigeria can’t afford a third wave of coronavirus and can do everything to safeguard its land. Speaking in the national briefing of the PSC, the chairman and secretary to the authorities of the federation, Boss Mustapha, stated: “In another couple of weeks, the PSC will focus on three big things, …
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday got the second round of vaccine against the Covid-19 pandemic. This occurred on Saturday, May 29, 2021, at the State House In Abuja as stated on the official Twitter accounts of this Presidency. “President @MBuhari receives the second dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford #COVID19 Vaccine, in the State House, on May 29, 2021. #AsoVillaToday #YesToCovid19Vaccine,” the …
The federal government recently re-introduced restrictions aimed at preventing a spike in the coronavirus in Nigeria. As a consequence of this growth, the authorities issued travel tips on passengers from India, Brazil and Turkey, where the disease is spreading fast and murdering hundreds of people on daily basis. This is commendable since the authorities acted proactively. Nigerians visit India and …
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on European countries and global financial institutions to restructure Africa’s debt portfolios and supply complete debt relief, to reduce the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. The president left the call at the Financing Africa Summit held in the Grande Palais Ephemere in Paris, France, on Tuesday, using the theme: “External Financing and debt Treatment”. …
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced it listed yet another death in the past 24 hours. The health agency said the entire amount of deaths from the disease in Nigeria now stands at 2,066. It also reported 44 new cases of this virus, bringing the total number of diseases in the country to 165,559. The new cases …
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has stated that Nigeria risks losing the benefits recorded on the COVID-19 pandemic due to the attitudes of many Nigerians who are currently acting like the pandemic is over. According to him, the cost that Nigerians will cover today to avert any sudden increase in cases of COVID-19 will probably be worthwhile compared …
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday stated the state would start the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine at the weekend. Sanwo-Olu, who stated this when he received the country representative of the World Health Organisation, Dr Walter Mulombo, on the State House, Alausa, noted that the committee arranges for the vaccine administration was within the final stage of …
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and the Chairman Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha and members of the PTF will on Monday in Abuja receive doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The Director Press, Office of the SGF (OSGF), Mr. Willie Bassey, stated this in a discover on Sunday. The development was coming …
Controversial Instagram celebrity, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu popularly known as Pretty Mike has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command. He’s being detained at the Bar Beach Police Station cell. Pretty Mike was arrested following the recent raid of Cubana and the arrest of 172 staff and clubbers on the Victoria Island branch of the nightclub. He’s alleged to …
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun said the state government has installed a solar-powered cold chain for the COVID-19 vaccines that have now arrived in Nigeria. Abiodun stated this on Wednesday, during a meeting he held with all Ogun State’s 20 Local Government Transition Chairmen at his Okemosan office, Abeokuta. According to Abiodun, the State would prioritise frontline healthcare staff in …
Nigeria international Victor Osimhen will be subjected to another round of tests tomorrow before he can be given a clean bill of health before making his return for Napoli. This a lot was disclosed by the neurosurgeon who treated the 21-year-old forward, adding he won’t give the Napoli striker the all-clear unless he’s completely certain there are no lasting effects …
Ghana has shut down its parliament for at least three weeks over a surge in cases of coronavirus among lawmakers and parliamentary staff. The speaker of the house, Alban Bagbin, declared that the legislature will be in recess until March 2 This is to disinfect and sanitize the premises. Read Also: Federal Government opens talks with China to have access to …
Babatunde Bello, popularly known DJ Babus, has died of coronavirus. The famous disk jockey passed away on Friday. He was a Talent Manager at KnightHouse from 2011 to 2014. Babus graduated from the University of Baltimore in 2010 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems and Technology Management. A one-time DJ at Four Points by Sheraton, Lagos, he was the …
