The Nigerian government has approved additional N8.9 billion to pay up the large chunk of the June 2020 COVID-19 allowance to all Medical Health Workers in...
Nigeria has overtaken India as the world capital for deaths of children under the age of five. According to the 2020 mortality estimates released by the...
The federal government says it has spent N20 billion on the allowance of health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking when he appeared on Sunrise Daily,...
The Federal Government has directed the Chief Medical Directors and Managing Directors of federal tertiary hospitals to “immediately” commence the use of consultants and doctors on...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has called on northern traditional rulers not to relent in spearheading the campaigns to avoid the spread of coronavirus pandemic...
Doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Monday, have begun a nationwide “indefinite strike”. The NARD president, Aliyu Sokomba, confirmed this development...
The Federal Government says it spent N30.5 billion on efforts to curtail COVID-19 between April and July this year. The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the general public not to use ‘Covifor Remidesivir 100 mg Injection for treatment...
The Federal Government has expressed interest in Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said this at a meeting with the Russian Ambassador to Nigeria...
A Senior Registrar in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Dr Vivien Otu, has regained her freedom barely...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says sample collection for the coronavirus pandemic in the country declined in August. A report data made available to the News...
The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked the nation’s state governors to be ready for COVID-19 vaccine distribution by Nov. 1. The...