The executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Faisal Shuaib, said on Monday that around one million expired doses of the COVID-19...
A scientific researcher at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) Professor Richard Adegbola, has warned that he does not think that the vaccines currently available...
The Federal Government on Wednesday confirmed the expiry of some batch of COVID-19 vaccines within the last month. Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Federal Minister of Health,...
The Federal Government has disclosed its mandate towards ensuring the vaccination of 70 per cent of Nigerians before the end of 2022, through massive investment in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday charged Nigerian universities to intensify research on the production of potent COVID-19 vaccines in the country. Buhari made the call in...
A pharmaceutical company, Pfizer has stated that Nigeria lacks the technical capacity for the development and production of COVID-19 vaccines. This was stated by the Pfizer...
The Federal Government has linked the slow restart of the tourism sector to the dearth of COVID-19 vaccines across the globe. This was contained in a...
The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday Nigeria is expected to receive a total of 52 million doses of...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Thursday, reassured Nigerians of the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in the country. Executive Director, NPHCDA,...
Katsina State government has received 21,040 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government for the second phase of vaccination exercise in the state. The...
The British government has donated another batch of 592,880 doses of Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria. The fresh donation was part of the over five...
Nigeria is in talks with the World Bank’s private lending arm and other lenders to raise about N12.3 billion ($30 million) to help finance the construction...
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) has postponed the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria. The committee’s Director of Press, Mr. Willie Bassey, disclosed...
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots until at least the end of September. According to the apex...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has revealed that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines supplied to the state are “due to expire on 9th...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has announced its collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in a bid...
The Federal Government has received 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines from India. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, confirmed this...
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is a study in controversy and likes to hug the limelight. He is not one to shy away from...
CAN chairman in Kogi, Bishop John Ibenu, on Friday, April 2, urged people in the state to accept and take the COVID-19 vaccine, saying it is...
The Federal Government has dispelled the possibility of any fake COVID-19 vaccines being administered or sold by unauthorised institution in the country. This was contained in...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has accused the Lagos State government of deviating from the action plan being incorporated into the COVID-19 vaccination programme....
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 said on Tuesday Nigeria is among the countries currently involved in the research for the development of COVID-19 vaccines, with...
Governors of the 36 states in Nigeria would hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to deliberate on issues relating to the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines...
Facebook Inc, on Monday said it has put in place measures to check misinformation and conspiracies concerning the Covid-19 vaccine on its platform. The social media...
The Cross River government on Wednesday received 53, 840 doses of Oxford-Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu,...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Wednesday the state government would officially rollout the COVID-19 vaccines at the weekend The state received its first...
Osun, Ondo, Kwara and Benue are the latest recipient of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines which they received Tuesday evening. Osun State Government through its Commissioner for...
The Osun and Plateau States governments on Tuesday confirmed the receipt of their consignments of the COVID-19 vaccines. The Osun State government in a statement issued...
The Ondo State government on Tuesday evening received 75,570 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government. Officials of the Ondo State Primary Health...
Lagos State government on Tuesday received its own consignment of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government. The state’s governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed...
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has assured that the Federal Government will partner with the Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, on the...
The Federal Government, through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, has revealed a N10.6bn budget for the transportation of the COVID-19 vaccines to the 36...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has warned that states that are yet to meet the criteria for COVID-19 vaccines would not get a...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday, March 4, stated its commitment towards ensuring the non-infiltration of sub-standard COVID-19 vaccines...
The governors of the 36 states in Nigeria, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), will on Thursday, March 4, meet over the COVID-19...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has disclosed that key strategic leaders would be vaccinated firstly in order to entrench the confidence of Nigerians in...
The much-awaited covid-19 vaccines on Tuesday morning arrived Nigeria through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. With this, Nigeria takes delivery of its first batch of...
The Minister of State for Health, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, said on Monday the Federal Government is expecting three types of vaccines to cater to the needs...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, has confirmed that Nigeria will on Tuesday, March 2, receive the first tranche of COVID-19...
Cote d’Ivoire has taken delivery of its first batch of 500,000 doses of the Oxford-Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccines through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Assess Facility (COVAX). This...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Friday, February 26, disclosed that the Federal Government does not know exactly when the much expected AstraZeneca vaccines...
The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, on Thursday, February 26, received a new aircraft bought by Allied Air at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Thursday the Federal Government would prepare a supplementary budget to take care of the...
The first COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global sharing scheme COVAX, have on Wednesday, been dispatched to Ghana. According to a...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said on Monday at least 109 million Nigerians would be vaccinated for COVID-19 in the next two years....
The United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday at least 16 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX would arrive in Nigeria very...
Nigeria will receive 16 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the United Kingdom in the first half of this year. The British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing,...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Monday the Federal Government was expecting 58million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX and African Vaccine Acquisition...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday, Nigeria would continue to partner with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other countries to ensure accelerated manufacturing and unhindered...