You Must Take COVID-19 Vaccine Before Dec. 1, FG Tells Civil Servants
The Federal Government has set a deadline of December 1 for civil servants to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, announced this at a briefing on Wednesday in Abuja. “With effect from 1st December 2021, Federal Government employees shall be required to show proof...
Nigerians Travelling To UK Will Still Be Isolated For Seven Days
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has said that Nigerians travelling to Britain will still be isolated for seven days as UK Government is yet to comprehensively review Nigeria’s vaccination certification programme. The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a press conference. He briefed the press on progress of COVID-19 vaccination in...
COVID-19 Protocol: Sen. Kalu Goes Into Isolation After US Trip
Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has embarked on self-isolation following his return into the country from US in line with NCDC's COVID-19 protocol. Kalu, a former governor of Abia state was in the USA for a few weeks during the Senate annual recess where he had fruitful meetings with friends and associates. They have since described the...
Amidst Doctors’ Strike, Chief Medical Officer FMC Umuahia Dr Nnorom Dies
The Chief Medical Officer of Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Umuahia, Abia State, Dr Udo Orji Nnorom has died, ABN TV reports. He died in the early hours of Sunday, an anonymous hospital source told our correspondent. ABN TV gathered that Dr. Nnorom, a native of Nde Owuu, Ibom compound Arochukwu LGA, Abia State died after a brief illness. Details of his...
EPL: Mikel Arteta Urges Arsenal Players To Take COVID-19 Vaccine
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has urged his players to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Arteta warned that “the team will pay the price” of another outbreak within the squad. Granit Xhaka became the latest member of the Gunners’ squad to test positive while away on international duty with Switzerland. This season alone, captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette, Willian and Alex Runarsson missed the...
Some Pastors Secretly Take COVID-19 Vaccine, Mislead Members – Prophet Iginla
Prophet Joshua Iginla of the Champions Royal Assembly has accused some pastors of misleading their members over the COVID-19 vaccine. Iginla said some pastors who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine secretly are asking their members not to get vaccinated. The clergyman disclosed this after he got vaccinated yesterday. He made it known that there is absolutely nothing wrong with him after taking...
COVID-19 Vaccination: Edo Civil Servants Get 7-day Ultimatum
“Edo, in the last 72 hours, recorded three more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths recorded in the third wave of the pandemic to 11,” he had said. “We also confirmed 92 new cases from the 522 samples collected within the 72-hour timeframe, with 56 recoveries and 254 active cases that are being managed at various treatment and...
Vaccine Complications Kills BBC Presenter
BBC presenter Lisa Shaw died due to complications from the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, a coroner concluded today. The 44-year-old radio host died at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in the city just over three weeks after her first dose of the vaccine, heard coroner Karen Dilks. An inquest, which lasted less than an hour, was told she was admitted to hospital after she complained of...
Elder Statesman Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye Dies Of COVID-19
COVID-19 has claimed yet another senior Nigerian, Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye. The Ijebu Igbo-born politician, died today from complications from the virus. He was 88. The former political activist and member of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) represented Ogun East in the Senate between 1999 and 2003. He later served as chairman of, Board of Commissioners for Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), under the...
FG Receives 699,760 Doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccines
The federal government on Tuesday August 17, received 699,760 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines donated by the UK government. Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr Faisal Shuaib who spoke during the official hand-over of the vaccine, said it is the first tranche of the 1,299,760 expected from the UK Government through the...
