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Expert Says PPP Critical to Improving Nigeria’s Healthcare

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacies in Nigeria’s healthcare policy and the need to em…

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Anxiety Over Fake COVID-19 Vaccines

Three days after Nigeria began vaccination for coronavirus, there are concerns that fake and illegal…

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Adeleke Varsity VC Claims COVID-19 Vaccine Developed By Nigerian Scientists Is At Clinical Trial Stage

The Vice Chancellor of Adeleke University, Prof. Solomon Adebiola, has said that the COVID-19 vaccin…

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FG Begins COVID-19 Vaccination in Abuja

The Federal Government, on Friday, flagged off COVID-19 vaccination exercise in Abuja, with the admi…

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COVID-19: NCDC Registers 371 New Infections

The NCDC disclosed the figures on its official Twitter handle on Friday. The public health agency re…

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WHO Selects Nigerian Varsity’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Further Trial

The management of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, on Friday, said a vaccine for the treatment o…

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First COVID-19 Vaccine Shot Given in Nigeria as Roll Out Begins

With a quick jab to a medical doctor, Dr. Cyprian Ngong, of the National Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria …

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#ICN: Coalition of International NGOs Call for Equitable Access for Vaccines and Treatment during COVID-19 Pandemic

Around the world, governments are struggling to find ways to work together and control the spread of…

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Dr. Cyprian Nigeria’s First Health Worker To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

Dr Ngong Cyprian was the first person to be vaccinated as Nigeria on Friday began COVID-19 vaccinati…

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COVID-19 Vaccine Will Guarantee National Immunity – Medical Practitioner

Dr Ejike Oji, Chairman Technical Management Committee, Association for the Advancement of Family Pla…

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Nigeria Commences COVID-19 Vaccination

Nigeria has started the vaccination of its citizens against the COVID-19 virus on Friday in Abuja. T…

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NAFDAC Destroys N613m Counterfeit Goods In Kano

The National Agency for Drug, Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed counterfeit drugs, c…

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‘We Shut 6 Health Facilities in FCT over Unwholesome Practices’

The Health and Human Services Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has…

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Zimbabwe First African Country To Use Indian COVID-19 Vaccine

Zimbabwe has approved the use of an Indian Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, becoming the first African coun…

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WHO Scraps Plan for Interim Report on Wuhan Virus Mission

The World Health Organization has scrapped plans for a team that visited Wuhan, China to probe the o…

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NCDC Announces 708 New COVID-19 Cases,12 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 708 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking…

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ActionAid, CISLAC Urge Transparency in COVID-19 Spending

Two groups, ActionAid Nigeria and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), have raised co…

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States Yet To Meet Conditions Won’t Receive COVID-19 Vaccines, Says FG

The Federal Government has declared that states yet to meet the conditions on training of medical pe…

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Edo Govt Urges Compliance with Guidelines As COVID-19 Deaths Rise To 63

Edo State has recorded four new cases and five more deaths from the second wave of the COVID-19 pand…

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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Deaths Near 2,000 Mark

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 16 additional COVID-19 related deaths, br…

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