Health
Rockets Hit Airbase in Iraq Hosting US Troops
At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts US-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known
56-year-old seeks N2m to complete chemotherapy
A 56-year-old woman, Alayande Oluwafunmilola Oluwakemi, down with advanced rectal cancer, has pleaded with well-meaning Nigerians for financial assistance to complete her chemotherapy and radiotherapy at the Lagos University Teaching
India Promises Nigeria 100,000 Doses of Covid Vaccines
After taking delivery of 3.92 million doses of Covishield vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Tuesday, India has promised Nigeria
COVID-19 pandemic unlikely to end this year — WHO
…Nigeria receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines The World Health Organisation, WHO, said, yesterday, it was unlikely the COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2021. “I think it will be very
Vaccines: FCTA warns residents against flouting COVID-19 protocols
The FCT Administration has warned residents not to capitalise on the arrival of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines into the country to flout the COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations Act,
UPDATED: COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Nigeria – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria has received nearly four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO.
S.H.O.C.K.E.R: Elderly woman dies in Japan days after receiving Pfizer vaccine
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan announced on Tuesday that a Japanese woman in her 60s died several days after being administered a dose of the Pfizer
More than 50 school children test positive for COVID-19
Over 50 students tested positive for COVID-19 at a school in the northern Indian state of Haryana’s Karnal district, officials said on Tuesday. Three students tested positive on Monday before
UPDATED: Nigeria receives 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
An Emirate plane — Boeing 777300ER, carrying 3.92 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja in Nigeria at 11.36 a.m. on Tuesday, the
UCH CMD lauds arrival of COVID-19 vaccine, says it will save more lives
As Nigeria receives 3.94 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the University College Hospital, Ibadan has lauded the historic moment as a significant step in the fight against the coronavirus
