Category: Health
COVID-19:NCDC gets N3bn for Lab equipment
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved N3.070 billion for Nigeria Centre for Disease...
COVID-19 Vaccination: Senate President receives first jab of AstraZeneca Vaccine
***Urges more sensitisation, advocacy President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan took the lead at the National Assembly on Tuesday when he received the first jab of...
Nigeria vaccinates 8000 in 35 states, Kogi not yet ready
No fewer than 8,000 persons have so far been vaccinated in 35 states and the FCT, the Presidential Task Force (PTF), on COVID-19, said on Monday in Abuja. The...
Alta Semper suffers second blow as court rules on contempt against PE firm
Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo sitting at a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, ruled that the court will proceed with contempt proceedings against Alta Semper...
COVID-19:Oyo State receives 127, 740 doses of vaccines
The Oyo State government has received 127, 740 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA), Abuja. The Chief...
Kidney diseases on the rise in Nigeria-Expert warns
A Consultant Nephrologist, Dr Abdulwasiu Busari, has decried the increasing rate of kidney diseases in Nigeria, saying it is currently about 20 to...
Ogun becomes first state to take delivery of COVID vaccines
The Ogun state government has taken delivery of doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Dapo Abiodun, governor of the state, confirmed the delivery of the...
Ogiamen-Adesotoye Nigerian appointed as US director of global health resources
United States President Joe Biden has again given another senior appointment to a Nigerian, Mrs. Adesuwa Ogiamien-Adesotoye in his administration. Mrs....
COVID-19: Abuja doctor set record as first recepient of vaccine
A frontline health worker at the National Hospital, Abuja Dr. Cyprian Ngong, became the first Nigerian to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine procured by the Federal...
COVID-19: Buhari, Osinbajo for vaccination Saturday, exercise begins today
The President, Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday be vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus. The Executive Director of the...
