FG Commences Deworming Of 10m Children On School-Feeding Programme
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health has flagged off the deworming exercise of 10 million children under the school homegrown feeding programme. The Minister, Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, on Wednesday, declared the exercise open at a training for...
Yuletide: NACA Urges Nigerians To prioritize Their Health, Know Their HIV Status
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has advised Nigerians to prioritize their health by being aware of their HIV status as the holiday season draws near. The Director General of NACA, Dr. Temitope Ilori, made this appeal in a statement signed by the agency’s Head of Public Relations and Protocol, Toyin Aderibigbe, on Sunday. Dr. Ilori noted that Christmas...
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...
UK’s COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Injection Starts [VIDEO]
The first volunteers for the coronavirus vaccine trial have received their first doses as scientists desperately try to fight the illness which has now claimed the lives of 18,738 in the UK. Scientists at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, have begun the first human trial in Europe by administering the trial injections, which were developed in under three months, to more...
Coronavirus: Lagos Announces Closure Of Schools
The Lagos State Government has announced the closing down of all public and private schools from Monday, March 23, 2020. The move is part of the preventive measures against the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic. According to a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, the move became necessary to prevent children and their teachers from getting more...
Nigerians Will Benefit From COVID-19 Vaccines – FG
The Federal Government has said Nigerians will be part of the early beneficiaries of COVID-19 vaccine when developed in commercial quantity. Minister for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said in Abuja on Tuesday that anytime a potent vaccine is found or developed as a solution to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Nigerians will not be left out. Ehanire, said this at a two-day...
FG Orders Reactivation Of COVID-19 Isolation Centres Nationwide
Nigeria’s federal government has directed all Covid-19 Isolation Centres across the country to immediately activate their facilities in anticipation of a possible spike in infection. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, gave the directive on Monday in Abuja at a media briefing on COVID-19 update. The move came as the government said it had identified 10 positive cases of COVID-19...
We’re Ready To Employ You In Our Military Hospitals, Lagbaja Tells Doctors Returning From Overseas
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has assured Nigerian Doctors abroad willing to return to the country that the Nigerian Army is ready to absorb them into its military hospitals. Lagbaja gave this assurance while receiving Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) and top management team of the Commission at Army Headquarters, Abuja. According to...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Mobilses 100 Religious Bodies To Pray For Abia Gov
Apex Igbo Youths group Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC) on Tuesday described as a sad and unfortunate development the news of the rising cases Of Coronavirus in the South East. The group was reacting to the news of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State’s infection. The governor, who announced his positive result on Monday, became the first Governor in the...
BREAKING: US Approves Chloroquine To Treat Coronavirus
The United States has approved the anti-malarial drug chloroquine for use as a treatment against the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump said Thursday. Trump told reporters on Thursday: “We’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately, and that’s where the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been so great,” Trump told reporters. “They’ve gone through the approval...
