The United States on Tuesday recorded 600,000 deaths from COVID-19, data from Johns Hopkins University has revealed. However, the vaccination drive has drastically brought down daily...
The Japanese government has pledged $39 million support to Nigeria and 31 other African and Latin American nations afflicted by COVID-19 for the construction of a...
Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, has blamed policies of the Federal Government for hindering his investments in the state’s power sector, saying all his...
No fewer than 12 of Venezuela’s players and coaching staff have tested positive for Covid-19. This is happening less than 24 hours before the team begin...
For the second year running, citizens of Nigeria and other countries, who are not resident in Saudi Arabia will not be eligible for Hajj in the...
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It is over a year the Federal Ministry of Health announced the first COVID-19 case in Lagos State, on 27 February 2020, when an Italian citizen...
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has written the Ministry of Youth and Sports development over its plan to host an athletics event in Lagos....
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday urged Nigerians to continue observing the COVID-19 protocols, saying there is no declaration of victory over the...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has stated that some special COVID-19 vaccination sites have been set up across the country. The Executive Director,...
The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday the Federal Government has commenced talks with its United Arab Emirates (UAE)...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said Africa needs additional 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to vaccinate 10 per cent of its population by September this...
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, said on Friday, at least 30 university lecturers were killed by the COVID-19...
The Federal Government has sanctioned another batch of 132 passengers for violating the travel advisory in the country. The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on...
The Ekiti government has disclosed that it will diligently investigate the hospitalisation of about 100 students of its College of Health Technology, Ijero Ekiti, Ijero Local...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to offer African members special drawing rights for funds, as it stated that Africa will need double of $286 billion...
The European Commission has selected Ghana as a potential African manufacturing hub for Covid-19 vaccines. This is according to a statement following a recent meeting in...
Member states of the European Union (EU) have agreed to reopen the bloc’s borders to travellers who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, sources have...
India has once again set another record after its COVID-19 infection cases rose to 25 million with the death toll rising to 4,329 on Tuesday, according...
North Korea may no longer participate in the race for spots at the 2022 FIFA World Cup billed to hold in Qatar after the country withdrew...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has refuted reports about the presence of the Indian variant of the COVID-19 virus in the state. Obaseki made...
India has posted another record rise in deaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, pushing its total fatalities by 4,205 to pass the 250,000 mark....
As the world battles with reports of the COVID-19 third wave, Human Rights activist Femi Falana (SAN) has urged African countries to revamp their health sectors...
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Tuesday revealed that the government’s inability to procure the required technology was responsible for the lack of production...
Dozens of bodies of people believed to have died from COVID-19 have washed up on the banks of the Ganges River in northern India, officials said...
In the last year, at least over 400 manufacturing firms were forced to close production, according to the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN). The Director-General, MAN,...
Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, has revealed that about 260,000 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the state. Abayomi, who made this...
India has once again entered the record books after 3,689 Covid-19 deaths were reported on Sunday, making the figure the highest number identified in a single...
In efforts to ward off the transference of the COVID-19 third wave currently ravaging India, Brazil, and Turkey, the Federal Government has announced a new travel...
The Federal Government has revealed that it plans to expand the N-Power programme from the present 500,000 beneficiaries to one million. This was contained in a...
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, has said that government drove to homes of school children to feed them as...
Two Civil Society organizations, Connected Development (CODE) and Oxfam in Nigeria, on Wednesday charged the Lagos State government to ensure transparency in COVID-19 spending. The CSOs,...
The Presidential Steering Committee, (PSC) on COVID-19, on Monday, implored Nigerians to avoid travelling to countries currently witnessing the third wave. The PSC raised this concern...
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 said on Monday at least 1,173,869 have been vaccinated for the pandemic in the country. The Chairman of the PSC,...
India has set a new world record as the country with the highest rise in COVID-19 infections in the past four days as hospitals become desperate...
A man in the town of Manacor on the Spanish island of Mallorca, has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately infecting 22 people with Covid-19, according...
More than half of UK’s total population have received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to official figures from the NHS. The first dose...
The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, otherwise known as Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, is a great man of faith dedicated to serving...
The Lagos State Government has announced the cessation of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The state also authorities stated that all medical facilities in charge of the...
The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, on Friday described as inaccurate report on the alleged mismanagement of COVID-19...
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has revealed that the house will invite the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed,...
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 74 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
Nigeria on Saturday recorded 84 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
Nigeria on Thursday recorded 83 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Federal Government has extended the work-from-home directive for civil servants by three weeks. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan,...
The ongoing face-off between the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and the Federal Government descended into new lows on Wednesday, with accusations and counter-accusations from...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 110 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
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 Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has accused the Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige and the Minister for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, of sabotaging...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “his failure to probe allegations that N3,836,685,213.13 of public funds meant...
Nigeria on Saturday recorded 50 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
