Nigerians will soon have the opportunity of knowing their status within 30 minutes of undergoing COVID-19 test, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said yesterday. The agency said Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits will be deployed in general and tertiary hospitals. It said the decision was predicated on the successContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of at least one oxygen plant in each of the 36 States of the federation. President Buhari also approved the rehabilitation of five oxygen plants across tertiary health institutions in Nigeria. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the PTF on COVID-19, disclosed thisContinue Reading
The jab, which has been described as a “game changer”, was given the green light by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) amid a rise in coronavirus cases across the country. Interim deputy chief medical officer for Scotland Dave Caesar described the vaccine approval as “another really positiveContinue Reading
Beauty queen Agbani Darego and her husband Ishaya Danjuma have welcomed their second child. The former Miss World took to her Instagram page on Friday, December 4, 2020, where she announced the news. Agbani, who already has a 2-year old son with Ishaya, made the announcement on her official pageContinue Reading
The assault at a church in the south of France left at least three people dead. Local officials said it bore similarities to the killing of a schoolteacher that has shaken the country. PARIS — Less than two weeks after the beheading of a French schoolteacher, an assailant carrying aContinue Reading
The World Bank has approved $12 billion to help developing countries to buy COVID-19 vaccines. The organisation announced this in a statement on Wednesday. “The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved an envelope of 12 billion dollars for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of COVID-19Continue Reading
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved parliament hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, plunging a country already facing a jihadist insurgency and mass protests deeper into crisis. Looking tired and wearing a surgical mask, Keita resigned in a brief address broadcast on state televisionContinue Reading
The Federal Government has warned that the 945 deaths recorded in COVID-19 pandemic cases is a wake up call for citizens to take appropriate measures to avoid being infected. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this on Monday in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the PresidentialContinue Reading
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday rallied behind President Muhammadu Buhari on the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). He said the move was in the best interest of the ruling party. Tinubu said the disagreements among prominent party members andContinue Reading
Over 216 people have been arrested and convicted for violating lockdown order in Niger State. Twelve out of the 216 were discharged. Majority of the offences involved not wearing face masks while others were driving vehicles during the lockdown, organising social events, conveying passengers during the lockdown, and carrying more thanContinue Reading
