Buhari Departs To London For Medical Check-up, Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja today for London to see his doctors and participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education 2021-2025. This was contained in a statement by the president’s media adviser, Femi Adesina made available to ABN TV, titled, ‘President Buhari attends global education summit in London’, on Monday. According to the statement, the...
COVID-19 Third Wave: FG Shuts Down Parks In Abuja
The Federal Government has shut down various parks in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as the country battles a second wave. Ikharo Attah, the Head, Media and Publicity of FCT Ministerial Committee on COVID-19 Enforcement, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, NAN reports. Mr Attah said the administration would not lose its guard on the control of the...
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...
Monkeypox: US Confirms First Case Imported From Nigeria
The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that a rare case of human monkeypox was detected in Texas. CDC made the announcement on Friday and said the illness was found in a U.S resident who recently travelled from Nigeria. The patient is currently hopsitalised in Dallas, Texas. The agency also stated that it was the first case of...
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...
Sanitizers With Methanol Can Blind, Kill – NAFDAC Warns
As Nigeria battles the third wave of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against the use of certain hand sanitizers. The warning is contained in a public alert titled “Recall of Hand Sanitizers by DiBAR Nutritional due to the presence of Methanol”. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye said the agency received information from the US Food and Drug Agency (FDA) about the presence of methanol in some sanitizers. FDA noted that Nutritional...
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...
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...
Medical Outreach: Ohafia Council Chairman Lauds Army On Security, CSR, Pledges LG’s Support [VIDEO]
Chairman of Ohafia local government area, Abia State, Dr. Okoroafor Ukiwe has applauded officers and men of the Nigeria Army, 14 Brigade Goodluck Jonathan Barracks Ebem Ohafia for rolling out a free medical outreach as part of activities to mark the 2021 Army Day celebration in their host community. He made the comment on Monday in a chat with ABN...
Army Takes Free Medical Outreach To Ohafia, Distributes Delivery Packs, Others (Photos)
As part of activities to mark the 2021 Army Day Celebration, officers and men of the Nigerian Army, 14 Brigade Goodluck Jonathan Barracks Ebem Ohafia, Abia State have taken free medical outreach to their host community. ABN TV reports that the theme of this year's celebration is 'A Professional and Ready Nigeria Army: A Prerequisite For Successful Operation in...
