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COVID-19: NCDC reports 122 new infections in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 122 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the…
Depression: 90% of people who commit suicide had untreated mental illness…
On Friday, March 19, 2017, there was a confirmed report of Allwell Orji, a young medical doctor, who dived into the Lagoon on his…
Ehanire appoints task team on COVID-19 vaccine
Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health has appointed a National Task Team on COVID-19 vaccine.
This team is tasked with the…
6900 people test positive for HIV in Oyo
The Oyo State Agency for the Control of AIDS (OYSACA) has announced that between January and June 2020, over 6,900 individuals…
Senate passes bill to make health insurance mandatory for all Nigerians
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe, says the senate has passed a bill that will make health insurance…
Russia: vaccine to sell for $10 globally
Russia on Tuesday said its COVID-19 vaccine candidate Sputnik V has an efficacy over 95 per cent.
It added that it would cost…
COVID-19: Health ministry to inaugurate 18 man committee on vaccine
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) says it will inaugurate an 18-man National COVID-19 Vaccine Task Team (VTT), as part of…
138 NYSC members test positive for COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday said that 138 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) had so…
Eight NYSC members test positive in Bauchi
No fewer than eight members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to Wailo orientation camp in the Ganjuwa Local…
Coronavirus: WHO urges greater vigilance in Africa as holidays near
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged countries to be on high alert for a possible surge in coronavirus (COVID-19)…