Canadian Government Has Donated 2.6 Million COVID-19 Vaccines To Nigeria
The Canadian government has donated 2,649,600 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency made this known in a post on its official Facebook page on Friday. The official handover of the donation to Nigeria was made by the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Jamie Christoff. In his speech, the NPHCDA Executive Director,...
Malaysia-Base Man Held By COVID-19 Lockdown Killed Inside Barbing Saloon In Abia (Graphic Photo)
A 36-year-old man, Mr. Samuel Kalu, popularly known as ‘Akilu’ (Bitter Kola) has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. Mr. Kalu who was killed while having a haircut at a barbing saloon located at Umuibe Street, off Item Road, Ndiegoro Aba, Abia State was based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He had returned to Nigeria before the COVID-19 lockdown and was planning...
UK Bans Overseas Health Workers From Bringing Dependants
The United Kingdom has banned Health and Care Workers from bringing dependants to the country. This was made known by the UK Home Office via its verified X handle (formerly Twitter) on Monday. “From today, care workers entering the UK on Health and Care Worker visas can no longer bring dependants. “This is part of our plan to deliver the biggest ever...
Delta Assembly Majority Leader Dies Of COVID-19 Complications
The majority leader of the Delta state house of assembly, Hon. Tim Owhefere is dead. Owhefere, a fourth time member of the state assembly, passed on Wednesday at the federal medical center, Asaba, where he has been undergoing treatment. The deceased who represented Isoko North constituency until his death was said to have been hospitalized for about two weeks before his...
Fears As Abia Records 54 Cases Of COVID-19, Nigeria’s Total Hits 15,181
The Abia state COVID-19 cases on Friday hit 54 after 97 new cases were recorded, ABN TV reports. The state a few days ago recorded about 67 cases which include the governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu. The centre made this known via its Twitter handle on Friday night. The new cases per states are listed below: Lagos-229 FCT-65 Abia-54 Borno-42 Oyo-35 Rivers-28 Edo-28 Gombe-27 Ogun-21 Plateau-18 Delta-18 Bauchi-10 Kaduna-10 Benue-9 Ondo-8 Kwara-6 Nasarawa-4 Enugu-4 Sokoto-3 Niger-3 Kebbi-3 Yobe-1 Kano-1 As it stands now, 15,181 persons have...
Princess Maria Teresa Of Spain Dies Of Coronavirus
Princess Maria Teresa of Spain has died aged 86 after testing positive for coronavirus. The princess, of the Bourbon-Parma Royal Family in Spain, passed away yesterday her younger brother, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, announced. She was born in Paris, France on July 28, 1933 to parents, Prince Xavier and Madeleine de Bourbon, who had a total of six children. The royals are...
Pathologists Deployed To Probe Strange Deaths In Bauchi, Jigawa, Others – Ehanire
The Minister for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has deployed pathologists to probe the strange deaths in Bauchi, Jigawa and other states where strange deaths were recorded recently. The Federal Ministry of Health assembled and trained pathologists from Sokoto, Bauchi, Jigawa, Katsina and Kano states who were thereafter sent to probe the strange deaths in the states. He said, “With regard to...
INDIAN DOCTORS SAVE LIFE OF NIGERIAN ODINAKA EMMANUEL AFTER SUCCESSFUL GASTRIC CANCER SURGERY (Photos)
Doctors in Batra Hospital in New Delhi, India have successfully saved the life of a young Nigerian identified as Odinaka Nweke Emmanuel after he underwent gastric cancer surgery A non governmental organisation, Igbos Love Themselves Charity Foundation announced this on Saturday in its official Facebook page. “Halleluya, Odinaka Nweke's surgery went successfully today in Batra Hospital New Delhi. To God...
COVID-19: 20 States Yet To Have Testing Laboratories
Experts urge govs to set up laboratories As the COVID-19 pandemic rages in the country, 20 states are yet to have testing laboratories. Some of the states experiencing community transmission are among the top 10 with the disease. This is happening as Nigeria’s testing capacity still trails behind what obtains in neighbouring African countries. As at Friday, Nigeria had 26...
COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Administered To Nigerians For Free – FG
The National Coordinator of Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 Sani Aliyu says the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to Nigerians free when vaccination begins. Aliyu made this known on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily. He also revealed plans by the Nigerian government on delivering and administering the vaccine and gave the assurance that Nigerians will...
