Buhari Calls For Prayer As Pope Francis Undergoes Surgery
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a get-well message to the Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis as he heads in for a scheduled surgery of the colon. The president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Buhari called for prayers from Nigerians and the global community as the...
FG Decries Misinformation About COVID-19 Vaccine, Urges Nigerians To Disregard Latest ‘Magnetic Conspiracy’
The federal government has decried the activities of people it described as mischief makers in spreading misinformation and disinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine, saying it is a challenge the media must brace up to tackle. This is even as the federal government expressed dissatisfaction at the virility at which the false information spread through the social media, insisting that it...
Nigeria’s Polio-Free Status Still Intact, FG Assures Nigerians
Following reports in some sections of the media that there is an outbreak of a new polio variant in some states, the federal government has urged Nigerians not to panic, insisting that there is no case of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) anywhere in the country since the last case in 2016. Describing the report as a gross misrepresentation of the...
Nigeria To Receive Second Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccine Early August, Says Executive Director NPHCDA
As the country ends the first phase of its strategic COVID-19 vaccination plan, efforts are underway to receive 3,924,000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca by end of July or early August 2021 from the COVAX facility for the commencement of the second phase of the programme. Also expected to arrive the country in August is 3,930,910 doses of Pfizer-Bio-N Tech COVID-19 vaccine...
Nigeria Confirms 15 Cases Of Monkeypox
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 59 suspected cases of monkeypox with 15 confirmed, its director-general, Dr. Chikwe, said yesterday in Abuja. Ihekweazu was reacting to the Dallas, Texas resident who recently returned from Nigeria and tested positive to the disease. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that it was the first confirmed case of the virus in...
Resident Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike
Doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have unanimously agreed to embark on an indefinite strike from Monday, August 2, 2021. This is coming at a very critical time when the country is currently experiencing a rise in COVID-19 infections; the signal of a third wave of the pandemic. The doctors reached the decision after their...
Senate Passes Bill To Establish Federal Medical Centre In Ebonyi
The Senate has passed a bill to provide a legal framework for the establishment of the Federal Medical Centre, Owutu Eda, Ebonyi State. The passage of the Federal Medical Centre Owutu Eda (Establishment) Bill, 2021, followed the consideration of a report by the House Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary) at plenary on Tuesday. Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Yahaya Oloriegbe...
Develop COVID-19 Vaccine Now, Buhari Challenges Nigerian Universities
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerian universities to intensify their research in order to develop COVID-19 vaccine to tackle the dreaded virus afflicting the country. The President, represented by the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, gave the challenge at the 5th and 6th combined convocation of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA) on Saturday. He explained that Nigerian Universities...
We Didn’t Distribute The Expired COVID-19 Vaccines — FG
The Federal Government has confirmed that within the last month, some COVID-19 vaccines expired in the country. However, according to the government, the vaccines are said to have been withdrawn and will be destroyed by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). In a statement on Wednesday the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, noted that donation...
IVD 2021: Red Cross Tasks Nigerians On Voluntary Services
Nigeria Red Cross has called on citizens to imbibe and sustain the habit of volunteering their time, energy and resources for the service and development of the society. The Branch Secretary, Nigeria Red Cross, Abia State, Mr. Ugwoeje Ugwunna, made the call while speaking with Radio Nigeria at the occasion of 2021 International Volunteers Day, IVD which took place last...
