Health

By John Ikani Namibia has run out of medical oxygen reserves as the country experiences record numbers of daily deaths from coronavirus. Disclosing this to newsmen, health minister Kalumbi Shangula said all local manufacturers of purified...

By John Ikani The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency NPHCDA says more than one million Nigerians have received the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, NPHCDA Executive Director,...

By Emmanuel Nduka   Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Aliyu Gambo, has informed that the Nigerian Government has spent about $6.2bn in identifying and treating one million HIV patients in...

By John Ikani Africa posted a global record of 132,000 COVID-19 new cases and over 1900 deaths for the week covering June 14 to 21, 2021. The figures represent an increase of 39 and 38 per...

By Chioma Iruke A medical doctor, and ex-military personnel have been arrested by operatives of Nigeria’s anti-drug agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over their involvement in illicit drug activities. A statement by the...

By John Ikani The government of Rwanda has announced that movements between the capital city Kigali and the rest of the country will be prohibited from Wednesday except for essential services and goods transportation. The East...