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FCMB Founder, Balogun, Gifts UI N5bn Pediatrics Hospital

The founder of FCMB Group, Chief Olasubomi Balogun
The founder of FCMB Group, Chief Olasubomi Balogun, has donated his Otunba Tunwase National Pediatrics Centre (OTNPC) in Ijebu Ode to the University of Ibadan as part of his commitment towards ensuring better health for Nigerians, especially children. Built at a cost of over N5billion, the centre will be managed by the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan and it is expected to help improve health care delivery for children in Ijebu Ode and other parts of the country. At the ceremony, the Group Chief Executive and Chairman of Board, Otunba Tunwase Foundation, Mr. Ladi Balogun, who represented his father, describedRead More

Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Now In Nigeria, NAFDAC Alert

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
Lagos reopens 2 isolation centres Global deaths surpass 2 million The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday said it has reports of the importation ofRead More

COVID-19: FG Commissions Researchers To Assess Efficacy Of With Ivermectin

COVID-19
Lecturers can’t enforce social distancing in schools, ASUU insists The Federal Government has commissioned some Nigerian scientists and scholars to investigate the efficacy of using Ivermectin drug in the treatmentRead More

FG Mulls NIN Enrolment Suspension Over COVID-19 Risks

National Identification Number (NIN)
Threatens to stop Lagos-Ibadan, Abuja-Kaduna train services Signs MoU on $1.959bn Kano-Maradi rail project The federal government has said that it may suspend the ongoing enrolment for National Identification NumberRead More

COVID-19: 15 Doctors Test Positive in Nasarawa Specialist Hospital

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NCDC announces 1,585 new cases, total confirmed cases now 99,063 Oyo warns against managing patients in private facilities No fewer than 15 medical doctors working with the Dalhatu Araf SpecialistRead More

FG: Buhari, Osinbajo, SGF To Be First Recipients Of COVID-19 Vaccines

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
Vaccination to be televised to gain public support Urges govs to enforce health regulations The Federal Government yesterday listed President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Secretary toRead More

WHO Endorses Pfizer Vaccine For COVID-19 Immunisation In Nigeria

World Health Organisation (WHO)
Nigeria opens talks with China on vaccine acquisition FG to revoke visas of errant visitors As Nigeria prepares to take delivery of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of January, theRead More

COVID-19: Immigration Boss Orders Travel Ban Enforcement On 100 Passengers

Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has directed NIS formations to enforce the travel ban imposed on 100 travellers who flouted the mandatory seven-day post-arrival COVID-19Read More

FG Expects To Take Delivery Of COVID-19 Vaccines January Ending

COVID-19 vaccine
The Federal Government has given assurances that the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines will arrive the country latest by the end of January. National Coordinator of the Presidential Task ForceRead More

FG Imposes 6 Months Travel Ban On 100 Passengers For Flouting Covid-19 Rules

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.
Publishes their passport details Lagos Archbishop: Enforcement of safety protocols more effective than lockdown The Federal Government, yesterday, slammed a six-month travel ban on 100 passengers, who failed to complyRead More