The Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Mr Marcus Onobun, and his wife, Ehizojie, have received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine jabs. Onobun and wife received the jabs before newsmen at the new Festival Hall in Government House Benin on Monday.…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday in Abuja began the administration of COVID-19 vaccination for residents of the territory and declared it safe. Performing the exercise at the Asokoro District Hospital Abuja, the FCT Minister of State, Dr…
Alhaji Ganiyu Egunjobi, Executive Chairman, Agege Local Government area of Lagos State, says he has taken delivery of the council’s allocation of COVID-19 vaccine from the state government. Egunjobi made this known on Monday while taking his dose of the…
A non-governmental organization, Amen HealthCare and Empowerment Foundation in collaboration with Gombe Local Government Council, on Monday commenced free screening for breast and cervical cancer for 200 women in the local government. Flagging- off the exercise, Dr Habu Dahiru, state…
The Cross River Health Insurance Agency has released the schedule for easy enrolment of the residents in the 18 local government areas into the “Ayadecare” Health Insurance Scheme. The Director-General of the agency, Mr Godwin Iyala, announced the schedule while…
Some residents of Enugu State have expressed mixed feelings concerning the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination in the State. Some of them, who spoke with newsmen on Monday in separate interviews, said that they preferred provision of food, security and other social…
Nigerian Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS (NINERELA+), on Monday charged women of various faith organisations to be agents of change to drive home societal gender justice. Ms Amber Erinmwinhe, National Coordinator of the group,…
The Connected Development (CODE), an NGO has commended the Kaduna State Government for including women in the frontline of its COVID-19 response. CODE’s Senior Programme Manager, Mrs Lucy Abagi gave the commendation when officials of the organisation visited the Commissioner…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it was aware of blood clot concerns linked to “a specific batch” of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, but maintained that to date, no-one has died from any coronavirus vaccine. WHO spokesperson, Dr Margaret Harris,…
A medical practitioner, Dr Nuhu Sule, on Thursday, cautioned youths against cigarette smoking impeding blood supply to human organs, to avoid kidney failure. More than eight million persons die from smoking annually, while more than 1.2 million non-smokers die out…
