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COVID-19 vaccines produced in Nigeria will meet international standards – NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, weekend assured Nigerians that COVID-19...
First vaccine against malaria not for adults – FG
The Federal Government has said that the first malaria vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), will...
Man nabbed for issuing fake COVID-19 vaccination cards
Security personnel in Abuja have arrested an ad hoc staff of a COVID-19 Vaccination Centre for issuing fake vaccination cards to some...
Covid-19: Buhari gives Health Minister May 2022 deadline to submit vaccine production report
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, to submit a progress report by the end of May 2022 on the indigenous production...
How Nigerian Health Workers Collect Bribes, Issue COVID-19 Cards Without Vaccination
Some Nigerian health workers collect bribes and issue COVID-19 cards to individuals without administering the vaccine, investigations by the Media Advocacy...
Covid-19: Abia records 30 deaths as 121,000 receive vaccines
Abia state recorded the death of 30 persons with 23,700 suspected cases during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in the state, last year. The death...
Nigeria records 655 cases of COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the nation’s total COVID-19 infections had Jumped to 188,243, across the 36 states of the Federation and the...
COVID-19: Osun govt flags off second phase of vaccination
…..To vaccinate 47,900 people Governor, State of Osun, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, on Tuesday flagged off the second phase of vaccination against...
Why eight States are yet to get vaccines – by FG
The Federal Government said that it had delivered Moderna vaccines to 29 States. It however said eight States are yet to receive the vaccines...
FG postpones vaccination resumption indefinitely, lists 3,707 cases in seven days
The Federal Government has postponed the administration of the second phase of the coronavirus vaccine doses. The Director of Press, Office of the...
FG begins administration of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday
The Federal Government has said it will begin the administration of the over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine donated by the United States of America on...
Nigeria receives 4m doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from US
Nigeria has received four million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States as it steps up efforts to battle a third wave of infections....
COVID-19: Nigeria records 213 new infections, 2 deaths
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 213 additional new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 171,...
UNICEF to supply 400m COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria, 54 others
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund says it has signed an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutical to supply an additional 220...
Don’t take COVID-19 vaccination, Oyedepo tells Winners worshippers
The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church International (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, has called on the government to come to him for a lasting...
Ekiti govt takes delivery of additional 40,000 COVID-19 vaccines
Ekiti Government said, on Sunday, it had taken delivery of another batch of 40,000 AstraZeneca vaccines from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency....
Facebook launches COVID-19 vaccine awareness in Nigeria
Facebook says it has launched a new social media drive that allows people to add frames and graphics to indicate they had taken the COVID-19 vaccine or plan to do...
COVID-19: Deaths rising despite 780m vaccine doses administered – WHO
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has raised concerns over increasing cases of deaths and confirmed cases of COVID-19...
FG receives additional 100,000 vaccine doses
The Federal Government has received another 100,000 doses of the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine promised by the Government of India. The Covishield vaccine, which is...
What every Nigerian should know about COVID-19 vaccination
A vaccine works by “showing” the immune system an important part of the virus and “training” it to recognise and remember the pathogen without exposing...
