Health

By John Ikani  President Muhammadu Buhari has taken the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the State House, Abuja. This was revealed by the official Twitter account of the Presidency. “President @MBuhari receives the...

  By Chioma Iruke   An outbreak of Cholera in Bauchi State, Nigeria has killed no fewer than 20 people, the state government has disclosed.   According to the Commissioner of Health in the state, Dr....

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has given approval for the use of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria. Mojisola Adeyeye, director-general of NAFDAC, made the announcement in a...

Three nurses who allegedly disconnected the oxygen supply of a two-month-old baby in an incubator are set to face prosecution for attempted murder. The incident which occurred on Monday in Kaduna was made known in a...

Two of Nigeria's 36 states signed an agreement with Zipline International Inc. to use drones to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to hard-to-reach and conflict-ridden rural areas in Africa's most populous country. Zipline, which is based in San...

A recent study by the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that up to 745, 000 people die from long working hours annually worldwide.   The study further noted, that nearly three-quarters (72%) of victims were...