Browsing Category
Health
Lagos seals 21 illegal Pharmacies
The Lagos State Government has shutdown 21 pharmacies, patent medicine shops and unlicensed premises at different parts of the…
Quit now or you die, WHO warns tobacco smokers
The World Health Organisation (WHO) today sent a chilling warning to all tobacco smokers to quit now to avoid avoidable heart…
Nigeria records 97 new COVID-19 cases as schools reopen
From 189 cases on 19 September, confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria tumbled below 100 on Sunday.
According to the NCDC, 97 new…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 figures surpass 57,000
Nigeria recorded 189 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 57,145.…
COVID-19 threatening attainment of SDGs – Buhari laments
President Muhammadu Buhari has noted that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic had threatened to derail the progress in achieving the…
Vaccine alone cannot defeat coronavirus, UN chief warns
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that vaccine alone cannot defeat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Guterres…
Osun closes COVID-19 isolation centre
The Osun State Government on Wednesday closed a 220-bed isolation centre to manage COVID-19 patients.
The government urged the…
Ooni pledges to build multi-million naira chemotherapy centre
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has promised to build a multi-million Naira Chemotherapy Centre at the University College…
Zulum approves recruitment of 594 health workers in Borno
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has approved the recruitment of close to 600 health workers that will man hospitals and health…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 death toll hits 1083
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at midnight on Monday said that the death toll for the Coronavirus (COVID-19)…