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NCDC reports 1,624 new COVID-19 cases, more deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 1,624 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The...

Zamfara govt sign pact to provide healthcare for civil servants

The Zamfara State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (ZAMCHEMA), Hospital Service Management Board and the Federal Medical Center Gusau have agreed to provide quality healthcare...

Nigeria not disqualified from access to COVID-19 vaccines – WHO clarifies

The World Health Organization (WHO) has refuted reports of Nigeria’s disqualification from access to COVID-19 vaccines. On Saturday, the Country Representative, Walter Mulomboo, said no...

COVID-19 update: Osun records 98 cases, its highest in one day

Osun has recorded 98 new cases of the COVID-19 infection, according to the daily report of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). About 46...

2.5bn people in 130 countries have taken no dose of COVID-19 vaccines – WHO warns

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said three quarters of all COVID-19 vaccinations were only in 10 countries, accounting for almost 60 per cent...

Ebola virus resurfaces, kills one in Congo

A new case of Ebola has been identified near the city of Butembo in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), three months after...

Expert harps on danger of Female Genital Mutilation, FGM

UNICEF Programme Officer, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Imo State chapter, Chigozie Ojiaku has disclosed that about 58.1 percent of girls and women between the...

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