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COVID-19: South Africa Study Suggests Omicron Could Displace Delta

Omicron COVID-19
Research by South African scientists have suggested that the Omicron COVID-19 variant could displace the Delta variant, because infection with the new variant boosts immunity to the older one. AccordingRead More

FG Destroys 1.6m Expired Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines In Abuja

National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA)
The federal government on Wednesday made good its promise to destroy expired COVID-19 vaccines totalling 1,660,242 doses. Addressing journalists shortly before destroying the vaccines at the Idu Dump site inRead More

Conflicting Study On Omicron As Oregon Research Says Infections May Lead To ‘Super Immunity’ From COVID-19

Omicron COVID-19
There appears to be conflicting research finding on the Omicron COVID-19 as researchers at Oregon Health & Science University has found that infections in people who had been vaccinated, greatlyRead More

Report: UK May Scrap Travel Restriction On Non-citizens

UK travel ban on Nigerians
Mulls COVID test for vaccinated travellers In line with its promise to review its decision to put Nigeria and some other countries on its red list which barred non-citizens andRead More

S’Africa: Researchers Produce First Look At How Vaccine Deals With Omicron Variant

Omicron COVID-19
Vaccines against the virus that causes COVID-19 may provide less immunity to the Omicron variant than to other major versions of the deadly disease, according to laboratory experiments in SouthRead More

Red List: Nigerian Govs Reject UK’s Arbitrary Stigmatisation

Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF)
COVID-19: 3.5 million Nigerians full vaccinated, says NPHCDA NANS urges students to take jab The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected what it described as arbitrary stigmatisation of Nigerians becauseRead More

Canada Says Two Cases of COVID-19 Omicron Variant Have Nigeria Travel History

Omicron COVID-19
Canada said it has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 omicron variant from persons who had recently travelled from Nigeria. According to report by Associated Press, the government of Canada hadRead More

New COVID-19 Variant Has Not Been Detected In Nigeria, Say Health Ministry, NCDC

Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
The Federal Ministry of Health and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have urged Nigerians to ensure strict adherence to the public health and social measures in place inview ofRead More

Omicron COVID-19: Nigeria Stands With S’Africa, Warns West Against Discrimination

Omicron COVID-19
AfDB president says Africa should not be penalised for new strain Wants vaccine manufacturing accelerated in continent Emefiele, OPS seek proactive action Ramaphosa urges countries to reverse travel ban NigeriaRead More

Emefiele Rules Out Further Forbearance Extension For Intervention Loans

CBN Godwin Emefiele
Says it’s time to pay back as economy recovers Urges customers to challenge discretionary bank charges Leaves MPR unchanged at 11.5% The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),Read More