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COVID-19 wave hits Singapore, precautions introduced

BY Vivian Ihechu May 18, 2024

Singapore’s Ministry of Health has asked public hospitals to move suitable patients to transitional or home care facilities to ensure bed capacity following COVID-19 resurgence. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday. The ministry explained that by this development, public hospitals are to reduce non-emergency surgeries as p

New Perm. Sec. pledges to pursue Tinubu’s economic agenda

BY Ismail Abdulaziz January 24, 2024 January 25, 2024

General News

By Ismail Abdulaziz The new Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industries, Trade and Investment, Amb. Nura Rimi, has pledged to pursue vigorously the economic transformation agenda of President Bola Tinubu. Rimi, who gave the assurance when he assumed office in Abuja, also expressed determination to achieve Tinubu’s target of revamping the indu

Nigeria receives $9.3m (Canadian) grant for COVID-19 vaccines

BY Rabi'u Sani Ali July 20, 2023

Health

By Abujah Racheal The Federal Government has received a 9.3 million Canadian dollars grant from the Global Initiative for Vaccine Equity (CanGIVE), to boost COVID-19 vaccine delivery and strengthen the broader health system in the country. The Canadian High Commissioner, Amb. Jamie Christoff, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, during the launch

How COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine crisis exposed Africa’s vulnerability – Afreximbank President

BY Afonne Emmanuel June 19, 2023 June 20, 2023

Banking Health

By Vivian Ihechu Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says the COVID-19 pandemic and Ukraine crisis exposed the vulnerability of Africa in many ways. According to him, these events dramatise Africa’s over-dependence on others for our basic needs of food and healthcare. O

No adverse reaction observed in COVID-19 vaccination – NPHDCA

BY Rabi'u Sani Ali March 12, 2021

Health

By Abujah Racheal The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said that since the country commenced its COVID-19 vaccination, no Nigerian has observed any adverse reaction, noting that all side effects reported by those who have taken the jab have been mild. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director, NPHCDA, said this in a statemen

Guterres renews call for global vaccination campaign as COVID-19 clocks 1

BY Rabi'u Sani Ali March 12, 2021

Foreign Health

By Harrison Arubu UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a global vaccination campaign as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic clocked one year. In a statement, Guterres stated that equity in vaccine distribution represented the “greatest moral test of our times”. It was on March 11, 2020 that the World Health Organis

Nigeria reports 287 new COVID-19 infections, total now 159,933

BY Rabi'u Sani Ali March 12, 2021

Health

Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 287 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 159,933. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has tested 1,601,396 people since the first confirmed [

3rd wave of Coronavirus begins in Germany – official

BY Afonne Emmanuel March 11, 2021

Foreign Health

Germany’s top disease control official Lothar Wieler, says third wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has already begun in the country.

NCDC records 394 new COVID-19 infections

BY Ismail Abdulaziz March 11, 2021

General News

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 394 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 159,646.

UNICAL VC inaugurates isolation centre on campus

BY Ismail Abdulaziz March 10, 2021

Education

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has inaugurated a 20-bed COVID-19 isolation Centre on campus in line with the protocols of the National Centre for Disease Control and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.