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Nigeria, 10 Other Nations To Get $500m Grant To Fight TB, HIV, Malaria

HIV test
The Global Fund, in collaboration with the African Union says it will invest $500m in Nigeria and 10 other nations in the next three years to support their responses againstRead More

Prepare For Fresh Total Lockdown, If Coronavirus Cases Rise, says PTF

L-R: Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu; Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Control of COVID-19, Boss Mustapha; President, Maj Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd); Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, during a meeting on control of Covid-19, in Abuja.
The Federal Government, on Monday, May 4th, 2020, decried the nationwide non-compliance with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19’s guidelines for gradual reopening of the economy. The Director General ofRead More

Buhari’s Team Lands In Kano, As Five More Personalities Die

Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 said it would target testing two million people in the next three months. The NCDC DG, Dr. ChikweRead More

Lockdown: Health Minister, NCDC Boss Meet Buhari

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, and the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Sunday, April 26th, 2020 met with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, and the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Sunday, April 26th, 2020 met with President Muhammadu Buhari,Read More

Coronavirus: Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari, Dies As Cases Hit 493

Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari
The Presidency said the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, has died on Friday, April 17th, 2020 at the age of 81. The Senior Special Assistant toRead More

Chinese Doctors’ Flight: How 3 Airline Crew Members “disappeared” From Lagos Quarantine Centre

Coronavirus isolation centre workers
Three out of the 17 pilots and flight attendants who flew 14 Chinese medical doctors and medical supplies from China to Nigeria on Wednesday have boycotted the Lagos quarantine centreRead More

Coronavirus: NAFDAC To Ensure Quality Of Chinese Medical Supplies – FG

Chinese medical supplies
The Federal Government has said that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) would rigorously test the quality of all the medical supplies that were broughtRead More

Coronavirus: We Don’t Know How Long This Will Last – FG

The Secretary to the Federal Government, Boss Mustapha
The Federal Government on Monday said it did not know how long the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) would last in the country. The Secretary to the Federal Government, BossRead More

Coronavirus: Nigeria Records Second Death, As Cases Hit 111

Nigeria has recorded its second coronavirus death
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Monday, March 30th, 2020, confirmed that Nigeria has recorded its second coronavirus death, after cases in the country increased to one hundredRead More

Coronavirus: Buhari, Health Minister, NCDC Boss Meet At State House

President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of Health and the Director-General of the NCDC have met at the State House in Abuja over COVID-19 outbreak.
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Health, Prof. Osagie Ehanire, and the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ikekweazu, have met at the StateRead More