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Super Eagle Striker, Taiwo Awoniyi In Induced Coma, Following Emergency Surgery

Super Eagles and Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi
After ‘urgent’ surgery for a significant stomach injury, Taiwo Awoniyi, a striker for the Super Eagles and Nottingham Forest, is allegedly in an induced coma and getting critical care. After receiving treatment for a few minutes, the 27-year-old Nigerian international resumed play after colliding with a post during Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Leicester before being substituted out. After the severity of the injury was determined on Monday, the 27-year-old was taken to the hospital and underwent immediate surgery, Forest revealed on Tuesday, May 13. Mail Sport is aware that the first indications are that the surgery went well. Doctors wereRead More

Pregnant Women Protest Against Closure Of Antenatal Services In Edo

Edo State
Scores of pregnant women yesterday protested against the alleged closure of antenatal care services at the Edo State owned Central Hospital, Benin City. The women claimed that they were scheduledRead More

FG Destroys 1.6m Expired Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines In Abuja

National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA)
The federal government on Wednesday made good its promise to destroy expired COVID-19 vaccines totalling 1,660,242 doses. Addressing journalists shortly before destroying the vaccines at the Idu Dump site inRead More

Conflicting Study On Omicron As Oregon Research Says Infections May Lead To ‘Super Immunity’ From COVID-19

Omicron COVID-19
There appears to be conflicting research finding on the Omicron COVID-19 as researchers at Oregon Health & Science University has found that infections in people who had been vaccinated, greatlyRead More

Report: UK May Scrap Travel Restriction On Non-citizens

UK travel ban on Nigerians
Mulls COVID test for vaccinated travellers In line with its promise to review its decision to put Nigeria and some other countries on its red list which barred non-citizens andRead More

Red List: Nigerian Govs Reject UK’s Arbitrary Stigmatisation

Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF)
COVID-19: 3.5 million Nigerians full vaccinated, says NPHCDA NANS urges students to take jab The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected what it described as arbitrary stigmatisation of Nigerians becauseRead More

UK To Add Nigeria To Red List of Countries Amid Omicron Spread

Omicron COVID-19
Bans non-UK, non-Irish citizens from Nigeria FG, Afrexim Bank intensify talks on local vaccine production Nigeria can’t be ready to produce vaccine in one year, says Tomori Following the 21Read More

Cleanup: FG To Conduct Health Audit Of Ogoni People

Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor
The Federal Government has announced that there will be an health audit of Ogoni people, to ascertain the needed interventions to be done in the area. The Minister of StateRead More

China Pledges One Billion Additional COVID-19 Vaccines For Nigeria, Other African Countries

Chinese President Xi Jinping
Promises $10bn investment in three years Omicron variant outbreak: WHO bemoans poor alert system, says new pandemic accord needed Aviation agencies vigilant, await FG’s directive NCDC harps on vaccination, adherenceRead More

Canada Says Two Cases of COVID-19 Omicron Variant Have Nigeria Travel History

Omicron COVID-19
Canada said it has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 omicron variant from persons who had recently travelled from Nigeria. According to report by Associated Press, the government of Canada hadRead More

New COVID-19 Variant Has Not Been Detected In Nigeria, Say Health Ministry, NCDC

Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
The Federal Ministry of Health and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have urged Nigerians to ensure strict adherence to the public health and social measures in place inview ofRead More