National Youth Service Corps Director General, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim has said that expectant mothers and nursing mothers can serve in their husbands’ residence. He said all expectant mothers and nursing mothers not deployed to their husbands’...
Ifedayo Adetifa has taken over as the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), promising to build on the gains made so far. The new NCDC DG took over from Chikwe Ihekweazu, who was...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). According to a statement yesterday by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, Adetifa is replacing Dr. Chikwe...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total 65,145 suspected cases of cholera, including 2,141 deaths, representing a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 3.3 percent reported from 23 states and the FCT,...
The Presidency yesterday released a long list of areas in which Nigeria was considered jinxed but have now been broken by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration since it assumed power in 2015. Presidential Spokesman Femi Adesina,...
Nigeria reported a surge in deaths from 53 to 93 on Sunday, but the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) attributed the large number to a backlog of fatalities recorded in Lagos State. With the 362...
Nigeria, yesterday, reported 53 deaths, the highest in over a year; and 650 new cases in 17 states. Although the NCDC explained that the number includes a backlog of fatalities recorded in Lagos State between August...
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has charged laboratory scientists and experts in infectious disease control in the country to rise to the challenge of manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines locally. He spoke at the 23rd Annual Scientific Conference and...
President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow end the five-day isolation as directed by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) over the outbreak of COVID-19 at the mission in London. The President went into self-isolation last Friday...
Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire has said that resident doctors on strike will no longer be paid. This follow the “no work, no pay” rule, which he says is recognised by the International Labour Organisation...