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NAFDAC Raises Alarm Over Use of Poisonous Chemicals For Food Preservation

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has alerted members of the public that some vendors in the countryRead More

WHO Endorses Pfizer Vaccine For COVID-19 Immunisation In Nigeria

World Health Organisation (WHO)
Nigeria opens talks with China on vaccine acquisition FG to revoke visas of errant visitors As Nigeria prepares to take delivery of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of January, theRead More

Coronavirus: Germany Kits Nigeria’s Enforcement Agents With PPEs

The German Mission in Nigeria on Monday donated personal protective equipment worth €300,000 to security agents in the country as part of collective measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
The German Mission in Nigeria on Monday donated personal protective equipment worth €300,000 to security agents in the country as part of collective measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic. TheRead More

Resident Doctors Commence Indefinite Strike Over PPEs, Jos Sacking

Nigerian medical doctor
The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria on Monday commenced a nationwide strike after the expiration of its 14-day ultimatum. The NARD President, Dr Aliyu Sokomba, had in aRead More

Lagos Doctors, Nurses Always Abandon Isolation Centre Patients – Survivor

Infectious Disease Hospital in Nigeria
A female survivor of COVID-19 in Lagos State has urged the government to pay more attention to the welfare of coronavirus patients who are isolated at the Infectious Disease Hospital,Read More

El-Rufai Condemns Interstate Travel As Kwara, Oyo, Rivers Arrest 251

Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai has said illegal interstate travel is spiking coronavirus spread
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has condemned illegal interstate travel, as it is fueling the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the state. El-Rufai, who made the speech via hisRead More

Coronavirus Kills Kano Doctor, 33 Infected

Medical doctor
The Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association has said a medical doctor (its member) in the state has died of coronavirus disease, while thirty three (33) others haveRead More

I Infected Four Persons With Coronavirus – El-Rufai

Nasir El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020, said he was the state’s index COVID-19 case who infected four others. El-Rufai, who was a guest speaker on TheRead More

Shortage Of PPE, N95 Masks Exposes Us To Infection Risks – Lagos Isolation Centre Workers

N95 masks
Healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients at the Mainland Hospital, an infectious disease facility in Yaba, Lagos, have raised the alarm over alleged shortage of Personal Protective Equipment. They allege thatRead More

Gombe Slams NCDC, NEDC For Donating Substandard Equipment

Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
The Gombe State Task Force on Covid-19’s Chairman, Prof. Idris Mohammed, has said that the personal protective equipment the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the North-East Development CommissionRead More