IN 28 STATES, THE NCDC REPORTS 1,968 CASES OF LASSA FEVER.
Babatunji Wusu – 1,068 Lassa fever infections have been reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) in 112 local government areas throughout 28 states of the…
NCDC REPORTS 216 CASES AND 40 FATALITIES FROM DIPHTHERIA.
As the death toll from diphtheria has reached 40 thus far, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 216 cases in the nation. The NCDC also…
Nigerians are at extremely high risk from Uganda for Ebola, the NCDC warns
Following the Ebola outbreak in the nation, Nigerians have been advised to refrain for the time being from non-essential travel to Uganda. Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, Director-General of the Nigeria Center…
Sessions on terrorism and a book on Buhari will be led by Agwai and Lai Mohammed.
Martin Luther Agwai, a former chief of the defence staff, will preside over a public discussion on terrorism and the launch of a book about President Muhammadu Buhari’s foreign policy…
NIGERIA RECORDS CASES OF OMICRON COVID-19 VARIANT – NCDC
Nigeria has record new cases of COVID-19 variant, called Omicron among other growing list of countries. The Omicron variant was identified in three travellers from South Africa last week through…
UNVACCINATED CIVIL SERVANTS DENIED ACCESS TO FEDERAL SECRETARIAT, ABUJA
The civil servants with no proof of COVID-19 vaccination and negative PCR tests are currently being denied access into the Federal Secretariat, Abuja. This is following after the Federal Government…
NCDC DG, GETS NEW APPOINTMENT AT WHO
The appointment of Chikwe Ihekweazu as an assistant Director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), as assumed by the Director-general, Tedros Ghebreyesus said, the appointment will “further accelerate WHO’s work…
COVID-19: Kenyan Anti-Vaccine Campaigner Is Dead
Stephen Karanja, a Kenyan doctor, who became a vocal anti-vaccine campaigner, has died after contracting COVID-19. Karanja died on Thursday in a high-dependency unit of a private hospital in Nairobi,…
Nigeria On The Alert Over Ebola Resurgence In Guinea
The federal ministry of health has written its heads of departments and programmes over a recent resurgence of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea Conakry, capital city of Guinea. In…
COVID-19: Nigeria Has Vaccinated Over 1 Million People – NPHCDA
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…
