Tag: Covid-19

Canada’s most populous province, Ontario, has extended its lockdown and implemented stricter measures to fight Covid, closing domestic borders and barring unnecessary travel, its leader said Friday. The province of…

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has announced that Nigeria had so far vaccinated over a million eligible people out of its target of 70 percent of the…

Oil prices jumped on Tuesday after increasing energy demand from China, world’s second-largest oil consumer. As at 11:06 am, the price of Brent crude, the grade at which Nigeria’s crude…

The United States federal health agencies on Tuesday recommended suspending the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The development comes after six recipients of the vaccine — all…

Brazil  has recorded 4,000 deaths from COVID-19 in 24 hours, making it  the third country to exceed that number. The health ministry on Tuesday, said 4,195 deaths from COVID-19 were…

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tuesday it was “not proper to ignore” the coronavirus pandemic, in comments suggesting a shift from her Covid-sceptic predecessor who downplayed the disease. In…

Raphael Varane tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, Real Madrid said, leaving the team facing a crisis in defence ahead of their Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool. Madrid are already…

The late Yinka Odumaki elder’s brother,  Pastor Jacob Odumakin, said a prophecy was  revealed impending death of the right activist. The former spokesperson of Afenifere Yinka died on Saturday after…

When people think about women’s health, they think of issues like pregnancy, uterine fibroids, infertility, pap smears, etc. They forget that a woman’s health encompasses every part of her body…

The Office of Communications in the United Kingdom better known as Ofcom, has sanctioned religious channel, Loveworld, owned by Nigerian Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome. Ofcom said in a statement that the…