Health

The Adamawa State Government has targeted 206,500 animals to be vaccinated to help protect animals against the infectious diseases.   Dogs, cats, sheep and goats are expected to be given priority as disclosed by Gov. Ahmadu...

    The establishment of Orthopaedic hospitals in Edo State, Plateau State and Taraba State was on Thursday approved by Nigeria’s House of Representatives.   The established Bills read for the third time, and approved by...

AstraZeneca has updated the efficacy result of its coronavirus vaccine trial in the US after health officials questioned the figures. Interim data published on Monday had put the vaccine's efficacy rate at 79% but had not...

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, on Tuesday said it has vaccinated a total of 215,277 Nigerians with the first jab of the Astrazeneca vaccine as at Match 23. The figure represents less than...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says it received 300,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines from MTN Nigeria. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the briefing of...

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF, has stated that over 86 per cent of Nigerians lack access to a safely managed drinking water source.   UNICEF made this assertion in a statement to commemorate the...