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Why We Didn’t Approve Herbal Medicine for COVID-19 Treatment – NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has given reasons why it h…

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Nine Months After, UCTH Intern Nurses Yet to be Paid

One month after UCTH Intern Nurses took to the streets and social media to demand their pending fees…

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NCDC Records 132 Additional Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported additional 132 new cases of coronavirus (…

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COVID-19: Delta Variant Sends NCDC, States Back To Drawing Board

The recent confirmation that the SARS-CoV-2, also known as the Delta variant of the Coronavirus Dise…

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Delta plus variant of SARS-CoV-2: How does it compare with the delta variant?

A novel SARS-CoV-2 variant, the delta plus variant, has been identified in over 10 countries. Health…

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COVID-19 third wave: No plan to order fresh lockdown, says NEC

The National Economic Council on Thursday assured that there was “no indication of an imminent lockd…

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WHO: HIV increases risk of severe COVID-19 infection

A new World Health Organisation report has confirmed that HIV infection is a significant independent…

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BREAKING: NAFDAC approves Moderna, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has granted emergency use …

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Doctor dies of COVID-19 in Cross River — amid surge in infections

Odii Stanley, a senior registrar in the department of anaesthesiology, University of Calabar Teachin…

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What vaccinated people should know about Covid-19 exposure, tests and more

Being fully vaccinated against coronavirus comes with a certain degree of exciting freedom. It can a…

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COVID-19: FG Officially Ends First Phase of Vaccination — NPHCDA

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says it has officially ended the countr…

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Nigeria to Get 3,930,910 Pfizer COVID-19 Jabs Next Month

Nigeria is to receive 3,930,910 doses of Pfizer-Bio-N Tech COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX facility …

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COVID-19: Panic in UNILAG As Medical Centre Confirms Surge in Patients

There was panic at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), yesterday, following claims that some students …

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Cholera Kills 17 As Cases Rise To 1,004 In Plateau

The Plateau State Government on Monday disclosed that no fewer than 17 persons had died of cholera o…

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COVID-19: Astrazeneca Vaccine Effective Against Delta Variant — NMA

Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kwara chapter, says two jabs of the COVID-19 Astrazeneca vaccine …

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Oyo Begins Contact Tracing Of Index Delta Variant, Records Two Deaths

As contact tracing of the index case of the dreaded Delta variant of COVID-19 continues in Oyo State…

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Technical Aid Corps Recruitment Exercise for the 2021 -2023 Biennuium

Further to the publication by the directorate of technical aid corps, Ministry of foreign Affairs da…

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COVID-19: NCDC Records Additional 12 Infections, 2 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 12 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the to…

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Industrial Pharmacists Seek Self-Sufficiency in Drugs Production, Hold 24th National Conference

Worried about the current national and international economic turbulence that has crippled many busi…

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COVID-19: Dreaded Delta Variant Hits Oyo as Lagos Slips Into Third Wave

The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has uncovered the virulent Delta variant of coronavirus in the sta…

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