Health

By John Ikani  A recent report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed that one child globally was infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) every two minutes in 2020. The report, which was released to...

By John Ikani  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. The centre in a statement issued by Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa said...

By John Ikani Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has suspended the 2021 Calabar Carnival over new covid-19 variant Omicron. Announcing the suspension on Tuesday, Governor Ayade said he took the decision after a prolonged...

By John Ikani  China's President Xi Jinping has promised to send to Africa some one billion Covid vaccine doses to help close the "vaccination gap". He has also pledged to encourage Chinese companies to invest no...

By John Ikani The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the newly discovered SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern of the coronavirus infection – B.1.1.529 lineage, which has been named Omicron, has so far not...

By John Ikani  The 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has officially opened in Senegal's capital, Dakar. Delegates from the continent and China are in attendance, as well as hundreds of participants....