Welfare Package: You’re Not Forgotten, Buhari Tells Health Workers
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday appealed to workers in the health sector to bear with the administration in their demands as it braces up for the challenges posed by coronavirus to the economy. The President, who made the appeal when workers in the health sector the under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly Healthcare Professionals Associations (AHPA)...
COVID-19 Protocols: Abia SSG Tasks Council Chairmen On Effective Enforcement
To effectively curtail the spread of coronavirus in Abia State, the Secretary to State Government (SSG), Barr Chris Ezem, has charged Transition Council Chairmen to take responsibility and be more effective in enforcing guidelines issued by the State Government in the efforts geared towards the eradication of the virus. Barr Ezem who stated this as part of an updated guideline...
We Don’t Have Money But God, Pastor Adeboye Tells Bill Gate
Redeemed Christian Church of God General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has said Nigeria may not have money or resources to fight the monstrous COVID-19 pandemic, but the citizens have God. The cleric added that having God is enough to protect the citizens from the pandemic. Adeboye spoke on Sunday at the January Special Thanksgiving Service and Ground-Breaking Ceremony of the Coastline...
BREAKING: Lagos Records 3 COVID-19 Deaths
Three more COVID-19 patients in Lagos have died. Commissioner of Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, announced this on Saturday. According to him, the deceased are two males and a female aged 52, 63 and 67 respectively. He added that two of the victims had underlying health issues. “32 new #COVID19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on April 17, 2020. Total number of confirmed...
NCDC Urged To Step Up Testing, Establish More COVID-19 Testing Centres
A rights and advocacy group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, Inter-society, has called on the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to step up testing capacity, as that will unravel hidden cases of COVID-19 in the country. The group in a letter it wrote to the Director-General of the centre, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, called on...
NAFDAC Orders Stop On Artemether/Lumefantrine Oral Suspension Registration
The multi-dose oral suspension of artemether/lumefantrine dry powder has no longer been registered by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The announcement was made in a public alert No. 01/2025, released on the agency’s website Thursday. According to the alert, the decision was made due to the instability of the reconstituted formulations, which can lead to...
Enugu Records 68 New Cases Of COVID-19
Enugu state on Monday confirmed 68 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total caseload to 144. In a statement obtained by Channels Television, the Enugu state’s Ministry of Health said with the 68 new cases, the number of active cases is 110. The statement, signed by Enugu state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu, also added that at...
No Fake COVID-19 Vaccines In Nigeria – FG
The Federal Government has dispelled the possibility of any fake COVID-19 vaccines being administered or sold by unauthorised institutions in the country. This is contained in a circular by Dr Adebimpe Adebiyi, the Director, Department of Hospital Service, Federal Ministry of Health, on behalf of the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire in Abuja. The circular followed a letter from the...
‘Alex Otti Promised To Pay Us’ — Abia Doctors Suspend Indefinite Strike After Six Months
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Abia called a halt to their six-month-old strike on Friday. Isaiah Abali, director of the Abia section of NMA, declared the suspension in a dispatch he together endorsed with Daniel Ekeleme, the affiliation's secretary. The state NMA left protesting on December 8, 2022, in challenging the lasting non-installment of their compensations. The specialists in the dispatch...
COVID-19: FG To Evacuate Nigerians Abroad
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has directed all its missions abroad to compile lists of willing nationals who wanted to come back home, it was learnt. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed that this was a sequel to requests by Nigerians stranded abroad in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. She, however, said that the MFA had instructed that...
