Health

By John Ikani  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed Oyewale Tomori, a Nigerian Professor of Virology, as a member of its Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 vaccine composition. Tomori was a former Vice-Chancellor of Redeemer’s...

By John Ikani  The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) has announced that Nigeria will take delivery of 7.5 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine between October and early November. About 3.5 million doses donated by the United...

  By Chioma Iruke The Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergency Intelligence, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has stated that Nigeria lost more of its citizens to Cholera than it did to the COVID-19...

By John Ikani  The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says 4,680,000 Nigerians have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19. The Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this during the...

By John Ikani  The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has faulted the claims that the United Kingdom does not approve of the COVID-19 vaccines used in the country. Debunking the claims, high commissioner Laing...

By Ebi Kesiena A COVID-19 vaccine train in South Africa has stated that people in remote areas have been encouraged to take the vaccine as a means to protect themselves and those around them from the...