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COVID-19: NCDC Records 8 More Deaths, 631 New Cases In 19 States, FCT

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says it has recorded eight more deaths due to complic…

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Ooni Seeks Investment In Traditional Medicine Research

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has called for more investment in research that would develop…

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WHO Worries As 42 African Nations Set To Miss Global COVID-19 Vaccination Target

NO less than 42 of Africa’s 54 nations (nearly 80 percent) are set to miss the global COVID-19 vacci…

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COVID-19 Pandemic Has Increased Substandard Products – NAFDAC

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Moji…

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Strike: Ooni Urges FG, NARD to Negotiate

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has urged the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, to engage wi…

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COVID-19: Edo Receives Additional 40,012 Doses of Moderna Vaccines

Edo State has received additional 40, 012 doses of Moderna vaccines from the Federal Government, as …

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Doctors’ Strike Will End Very Soon - Health Minister

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has assured Nigerians that the ongoing strike by the Nat…

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FG Moves To Make COVID-19 Vaccination Mandatory For Civil Servants

The Federal Government has concluded plans to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory, beginning with p…

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15 Delta Pilgrims Tested Positive for Coronavirus

No fewer than 15 of 315 pilgrims from Delta State, who should have been airlifted to Jordan, have te…

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Two Persons Die From COVID-19 In Edo As Death Toll Hits 15

Edo State has recorded another two deaths of persons who have not been inoculated against the COVID-…

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NAFDAC Begins Health Safety Campaign, Cautions on COVID-19 Pandemic

Director General (DG) of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Pr…

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FG Advised to Partner Pharmacists to Produce Vaccine Locally

The federal government has been advised not to rely on foreign countries for vaccine supply, but to …

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Nigeria Records 582 New COVID-19 Cases – NCDC

The NCDC said this via its official website on Thursday morning, adding that the recent surge was dr…

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Ondo Doctors Suspend Strike after Assembly’s Intervention

Members of the Ondo state chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and its affiliates have s…

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Edo Records 13 COVID-19 Deaths from Delta Variant

Edo State has confirmed the death of 13 persons who were not vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemi…

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HIV Vaccine Quest Falters As Experimental Jab Fails

Hope of an effective Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) vaccine may have been dashed, as researcher…

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NCDC Boss, Ihekweazu, Gets WHO Job

DG of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has been appointed Assistant …

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Strike: Govt Hasn’t Called Us for Discussion, Says NMA

Five days after the Nigerian Medical Association issued a strike notice, the Federal Government has …

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WHO Identifies New COVID Variant, Says It May Be Resistant To Vaccine

The Mu variant is the fifth identified by the WHO — others are Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta.In its e…

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Akeredolu Charges Pharmacists to Research More on Indian Hemp

The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has charged pharmacists in the country to conduct an i…

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