The Nigeria government on Monday received 3,002,400 doses of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccines from the government of Italy. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Abuja, the executive director of the National Primary Health Care...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja, said steady progress was being made in achieving the targets set out in Nigeria’s Strategy for Immunisation and Primary Health Care (PHC) System. Buhari spoke on Friday when he...
Nigeria on Wednesday reported a new high of 268 infections, 25 recoveries and zero deaths. So, there are now 215164 confirmed cases, 207520 recoveries and 2980 deaths. The 268 new cases are reported from 10 States:...
The National Economic Council (NEC) at its meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a fresh N656 billion Bridge Financing Facility for the 36 states. Zainab Ahmed,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned world leaders and global health institutions that sidelining countries in terms of access to COVID-19 vaccines will undermine the entire effort for safety. He said this in a keynote speech at...
Without data from Lagos State, which has been leading the daily toll in the third wave, Rivers State led with 170, as Nigeria reported a total of 375 new cases and 6 deaths. The 357 new...
Nigeria has received four million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States as it steps up efforts to battle a third wave of infections. The doses, which arrived on two planes on Sunday,...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced the approval of Moderna, AstraZeneca and conditional approval of Sputnik V from Russia for emergency use. Director General of NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye,...
At 154, new infections in Nigeria remained high on Tuesday, with Lagos driving the spike. However, there were zero deaths. So far, there are 168867 confirmed cases, 164623 recoveries and 2125 deaths. The 154 new cases were...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday, granted conditional Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) for Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine to check spread in people from 18 years. The Director-General, Prof....