Category: Health

Cholera kills five in Bayelsa

Bayelsa State Government has confirmed the outbreak of cholera in Ofoni, a coastline settlement in Sagbama Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Dr Pabara Igwele,...

Nigeria takes the lead in death from Malaria globally

…..Records 2980 deaths in 2020 Apart from being the poverty capital of the World,Nigeria has attain another unenviable record of recording largest death from...

Take Nigeria off the so called red list, Senate tells UK

    ***Says travel ban discriminatory, attack on diplomatic relations    The Nigerian Senate has condemned the United Kingdom’s inclusion of Nigeria in their...

COVID -19/Omicron variant: Nigeria High Commissioner accuses UK of travel apartheid

  Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the UK,Sarafa Tunji Isola has branded as “travel apartheid” the UK’s decision to put the West African state...

Omicron: Why UK slamed travel restriction on Nigeria as COVID-19 infection increases by 76 per cent

  The United Kingdom on Saturday night announced the imposition of a travel restriction on citizens of Nigeria following an increase in the number of cases of the...

COVID-19 Omicron variant: FG approves booster shots

    The Federal Government has approved COVID-19 booster shots as the world battles to contain the new Omicron variant. In a statement issued on Friday, the...

Sanwo-Olu wants religious and community leaders to join crusade against sexual abuse

…..Reveals strategies to preserve evidence to nail sex offenders …Backs massive vaccination against COVID-19 Pandemic     Lagos State First Lady, Dr....

COVID-19:US confirms first case of Omicron variant

  Less than a week after it was first detected in South Africa, U.S. health officials said Wednesday that the country’s first case of the new Omicron coronavirus...

Omicron variant of COVID -19 raises fresh fears in Nigeria

….. Travel ban looms as Canada detects Nigeria-linked cases Medical experts on Monday warned that Nigeria risked travel bans with Canada’s detection of Omicron...

COVID-19:Omicron variant gives WHO serious concern

  The world is yet to be at rest as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has raised fresh fears of spread. Indeed,the World Health Organization said the coronavirus...