COVID-19: NAFDAC Approves AstraZeneca Vaccine Usage In Nigeria
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has cleared the AstraZeneca vaccine which arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday for usage in the country. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency disclosed this on its Twitter handle, @NphcdaNG, on Friday. The message read, “After undergoing final assessment by NAFDAC, we have confirmation that they have concluded their final checks with...
Switzerland Trains Sniffer Dogs For Detecting COVID-19
Researchers in Switzerland have launched a training trial to see if sniffer dogs can find out people infected with COVID-19, media reports said on Wednesday. Three dogs are being trained by researchers from Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) for four weeks by exposing to samples of sick and healthy people. The dogs will thereafter go through a sweat-sniffing test to see if...
COVID-19: We Won’t Force Anybody To Take Vaccine — Minister
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said COVID-19 vaccination will not be mandatory in Nigeria, adding that nobody will be forced to take any vaccine. Nigeria on Tuesday received nearly four million doses of COVID-19 vaccines shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF, and WHO. Appearing on Arise News to answer questions on the...
Buhari, Osinbajo To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Saturday
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are expected to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses on Saturday. Nigeria on Tuesday took delivery of 3.9 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, the first batch of the 16 million expected through the World Health Organisation-led COVAX facility. The government is expecting 129 million vaccine doses to vaccinate 70 per cent of its population within...
COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive Nigeria
The much-expected COVID-19 vaccines, COVAX, on Tuesday arrived in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, ABN TV reports. The Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccines were brought into the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the Emirates Airline flight around noon. READ ALSO: Terrorists Attack UN Base In Borno — Report The shipment is the first batch of the World Health Organisation’s backed COVID-19 vaccination which the...
Chimamanda Adichie’s Mother Dead
Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie (nee Odigwe), the mother of renowned writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is dead. She died suddenly on Monday, March 1st, 2021 in Awka, Anambra State. She was 78 years old. “It was very sudden and we are devastated,” a family spokesperson said. She is survived by her six children: Ijeoma, Uchenna, Chuks, Okechukwu, Chimamanda and Kenechukwu; as well as...
Buhari, Osinbajo To Get COVID-19 Vaccine On Saturday
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday, be among the key national figures to receive the first jabs of Oxford Astra-Zeneca COVID- 19 vaccines scheduled to arrive in Abuja Tuesday. The Executive Director National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib revealed this Monday at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing to unveil...
Police Raid Cubana Night Club, Arrest Over 200
About 200 clubbers and workers were Saturday night arrested at popular Cubana Night Club for alleged breach of COVID-19 protocols. Detectives attached to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Team at the wee hours of Saturday, busted the gathering following a tip-off on a large gathering in the clubhouse. Saturday’s raid was the third, since last year, that the state...
Benue Man Cuts Off Testicle To Fight High Sexual Desire
A man has cut off parts of his genitals in Benue State to curb his insatiable appetite for female flesh, a report by The Nation says. Terhemen Anongo, popularly called Doc K or Bob Korna, said it was best to cast off what caused him to sin rather than end up in hell, as the bible enjoins. A resident of Gboko,...
“Nigeria Might Exit The Second Wave Of COVID-19 Soon” – Minister of Health
The Federal Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie has stated that Nigeria might exit the second wave of the COVID-19 disease very soon. He made this submission during the recent briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday, February 22. “This trend in reduction compares with global observations of seeming decline in COVID-19 cases, signifying that the second wave may...
