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Court Stops Obaseki From Enforcing Compulsory COVID-19 Vaccine Directive

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A Federal High Court in Rivers State has granted an order restraining Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and Edo government from enforcing a directive that all residents who have notRead More

COVID-19: Nigeria’s Infection Rate Hits 199,333, Says NCDC

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said the country now has 199,333 COVID-19 infections as at Friday, August 27 across all the 36 states of the federation andRead More

Lagos COVID-19-related Deaths Hit 506, Says Commissioner

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said the number of persons in the state that have died from COVID-19 related complications has increased to 506, theRead More

Coronavirus Infections In Tokyo Continue To Rise Ahead Of Olympics

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Coronavirus numbers continue to rise in Tokyo three weeks ahead of the start of the Olympics, with 716 infections announced on Saturday over the past 24 hours. Broadcaster NHK quotedRead More

Covid-19: Buhari Gets Second Round Of Vaccination

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, May 29th, 2021 received the second round of vaccine against the Covid-19 pandemic.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, May 29th, 2021 received the second round of vaccine against the Covid-19 pandemic. The vaccination, which was administered on President Buhari who was dressed inRead More

Academy Advises FG To Shut Airports to Avoid COVID-19’s Third Wave

In an urgent advisory issued yesterday, the President of the Academy of Medicine Specialties of Nigeria, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru
Nigeria to spend N1.89tn to wipe out Malaria, says Ehanire The Academy of Medicine Specialties, together with its Rapid-Response initiative group, has advised the Federal Government to shut the country’sRead More

COVID-19 Vaccination Low Turnout Hits FCT, Taraba, Abia, Seven Others

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First phase ends April 16 nationwide f As the target date given by the Federal Government for states to end the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination approaches, the turnout forRead More

Lagos, Ogun Lead As 964,387 People Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Dr Ngong Cyprian receives his first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, at the National hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, March 5, 2021.
At last, Kogi commences vaccination Nigeria has so far vaccinated 964,387 people in 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, against COVID-19, with Lagos StateRead More

FG To Redistribute Unutilised COVID-19 Vaccine To States

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The Federal Government may tinker with the COVID-19 vaccine deployment strategy by redistributing unutilised doses out of the consignments sent to states to others that need them more. Flavision investigationRead More

Pope Francis: Spending On Weapons Despite Pandemic Scandalous

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Osinbajo: Things will get better for Nigeria Kukah cautions against rewarding repentant criminals Pope Francis yesterday urged countries to quicken the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world’s poor,Read More