No Approved COVID-19 Vaccines Yet, NAFDAC Warns
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Friday stated that it has not approved any COVID-19 vaccine. It warned fake vaccines have started circulating in the country, urging the public not to purchase such drugs as they can cause COVID-19-like illnesses and can lead to death. It also urged government establishments, agencies, and big corporations not...
Pope Francis’ Doctor Dies From COVID Complications
The personal doctor of Pope Francis has died from COVID-19 complications. According to the Catholic News Agency, Fabrizio Soccorsi, 78, died at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital after he was admitted in late December. While he also was dealing with an “oncological pathology,” COVID was the cause of death, the Vatican’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported. Soccorsi was named Francis’ personal physician in August 2015. It...
Malnutrition: We Need N29bn to Address Scourge, Says Kaduna Govt
The Kaduna State Government says it needs N29 billion to address the scourge of malnutrition in the state. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the state Permanent Secretary, Planning and Budget Commission, Mr Mahmoud Yamusa, said this in Kaduna on Wednesday, at the opening of a two-day workshop on resource mobilisation. Yamusa, represented by the Director, Development Aid Coordination, PBC,...
Ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter Hospitalised
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been taken to hospital, a Swiss newspaper said Thursday, but media insisted the disgraced official’s life was not in danger. “My father is in hospital. He’s getting better every day. But he needs time and rest,” his daughter Corinne Blatter Andenmatten was quoted as saying by Blick, which said the 84-year-old was in a serious...
Buhari, Osinbajo, Others To Take COVID-19 Vaccine On Live Telecast
The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari; Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; and other prominent Nigerians will be among the first set to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on live television to help drive awareness. He said at the weekly press briefing by...
COVID-19: People Who Came For Christmas Celebration Responsible For Increasing Number – Abia Govt
Abia State Government has expressed worry over the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the state, alleging that this is attributable to the large influx of people who came into the state to celebrate Christmas and New year celebrations. The state government in a statement issued on Thursday by the SSG, Barr. Chris Ezem while insisting that it is a...
18 Months Salary Arrears: We Never Begged Sen. Kalu’s Assistance — ABSUTH
The Board and Management of Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) have said the institute did not seek the assistance of Sen. Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu over 18 months salary arrears owed to NMA members. This is following a report in the media space alleging that some members of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) visited Sen. Kalu, appealing for...
Atiku Receives Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine In Dubai (Photos)
Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku Abubakar reportedly took the Pfizer’s vaccine in the United Arab Emirates. The people’s Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections took the dose in Dubai to prevent symptomatic cases of COVID-19. The Pfizer’s vaccine, when administered in its full two-dose regimen, was found to be 95 percent effective at preventing symptomatic cases of COVID-19. READ...
18 Months Salary Arrears: ABSUTH Doctors Beg Sen. Kalu’s Assistance
Doctors from Abia State University Teaching Hospital, ABSUTH, under the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) have called on Senate Chief Whip, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu to come to their aid over non-payment of 18 months salary arrears by the state government. The doctors who visited Sen. Kalu, senator representing Abia North at his country home in Igbere, Bende local government area...
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...
