The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says approximately 10 million Nigerians have received first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The Executive Director, Dr. Faisal Shuaib gave the update in an interview with the Newsmen on Monday. Shuaib said Lagos,…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja received his third booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Presidential Villa. Reports state that the president had taken his first jab of the vaccine on March 6 and the second jab…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, turned back unvaccinated staff members from its headquarters. It was reported the exercise, which started at about 7a.m., saw staff of the anti-graft agency without COVID-19 vaccine cards or evidence of…
By Gloria Akudoro, Abuja The Federal Ministry of Health has disclosed that Nigeria has utilized over 10 million short-shelf-life doses of COVID-19 vaccines supplied by foreign donors before expiration and saved about N16.4 billion (over $40 million) in foreign exchange.…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Maryland, U.S has assured Nigerians of the efficacy of booster shots in the fight against COVID-19. Fauci is also the Chief Medical Adviser to the President of the United…
The FCT Primary Health Care Board (FPHCB) has urged Nigerians to disregard the myths surrounding the safety the COVID-19 vaccine. Mr Francis Okonkwo, Health Education of the board stated while delivering a lecture at a one-day media orientation workshop on…
COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria has come with a ton of controversies. The rounds of scepticism surrounding the administration of the vaccines has seen the subject moving beyond the issue of availability of vaccines to a subject of popular resistance of…
A total of 182,614 people have so far received COVID-19 vaccination across the 33 local government areas of Oyo State, the State Immunisation Officer, Mrs Oloruntosin Bolarinwa, has said. Bolarinwa made the disclosure, on Wednesday, in Oyo town during an…
The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHCDA), has constituted a 19-member Crisis Communication Center (CRICC), to create awareness on the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman of the Agency, stated this at the inauguration of the committee on…
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has said that Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in Abuja lacked access to the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Mr. David Anyale, the Executive Director of CCD. Anyaele, who stated this…
