Health

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic has warned Nigerians not to patronize uncertified vaccines from the black market. The Chairman of the taskforce and Secretary to Government of Federation (SGF) Mr. Boss Mustapha, who gave the warning during the task force’s news conference in Abuja, assured that Nigeria […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has vowed to shut down packaged water production facilities that fail the Good Manufacturing Practice requirements as it pledges to collaborate with various associations in the efforts to sanitise the packaged water sector of the economy.Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. […]

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 have said Nigeria will soon receive initial four million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the national routine briefing in Abuja on Monday. Mustapha […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has said Nigeria is at moderate risk of an Ebola virus outbreak. The NCDC made this known through its website, adding that the decision was based on the country’s proximity to Guinea and other West African countries where the virus has broken out […]

Nigeria on Friday recorded 662 new cases of #COVID19.According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), the new cases were recorded from 22 states and the federal capital territory.A breakdown of the cases show;Lagos recorded 167 cases,FCT-116Ogun-45Kano-44Akwa Ibom-35Edo-34Rivers-27Kaduna-23Osun-23Kwara-22Taraba-22Oyo-20Ondo-19Plateau-14Abia-11Imo-11Nasarawa-7Niger-6Bayelsa-5Delta-5Enugu-3Ekiti-2Jigawa-1 Till date, a total of 150,908 cases have been confirmed in […]

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Trade Organization’s incoming chief on Monday warned against “vaccine nationalism’ that would slow progress in ending the COVID-19 pandemic. She also said the trend could erode economic growth for all countries which will include the rich and poor. In an interview immediately after her appointment, Okonjo-Iweala […]