Israel received Thursday the first shipment of Pfizer’s anti-Covid pill, with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett hailing it as critical amid a surge of cases driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant. “Thanks to our rapid action, the drugs have arrived…
The World Health Organization (WHO) is hoping that the COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2022. Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus expressed optimism at a press briefing on Wednesday. Coronavirus emerged in December 2019 and has since claimed many lives across the…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it is working on reducing importation of drugs from its present 70 per cent to 30 per cent by 2025. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said on Wednesday…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has again warned Nigerians against patronising hawkers of herbal concoctions because the medicines lacked storage standards. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning during an interview…
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says the agency is working with international partners to ensure Nigeria gets vaccines with long expiration date. Adeyeye spoke against the backdrop of the one…
The return of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) personnel to the ports in 2018 has helped in reducing importation of fake and substandard products into the country. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC Director-General, said this during…
Bauchi and Ebonyi States have recorded new deaths from Lassa fever as the nation’s toll from the disease since the beginning of 2021 rises to 92. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its latest situation report…
Eight-hundred-and-fifty-nine persons caught the COVID-19 virus in Nigeria on Monday. The country also lost two persons to the virus on the same day. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated on Tuesday that Monday’s figures raised the country’s infection…
Nigeria recorded 1,940 new cases of COVID-19 in 18 States and the FCT on Thursday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), made this known on Friday morning. Reports state that Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 4,000. The NCDC said no…
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has commenced enrollment of 1,300 beneficiaries in Zaria, Kaduna State, under the Group, Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Programme (GIFSHIP) to improve access to quality healthcare. The scheme’s Executive Secretary, Prof. Mohammed-Nasir Sambo,…
