The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has vowed it will prioritise health security amid competing priorities on the national agenda. The Director-General, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, made the vow on Monday in Abuja at the bi-weekly Ministerial Press briefing…
No fewer than 1,800 prospective corps members have been mobilised to Bauchi State for the 2022 Batch B, Stream 1 orientation exercise. Alhaji Namadi Abubakar, the Bauchi State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), said this on Thursday in Bauchi…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has called for improved hand hygiene practices at points of care across the country, as Nigeria joins the world to celebrate 2022 World Hand Hygiene Day (WHHD). The Director-General of NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 118 additional cases of COVID-19 in two states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday. The NCDC, via its verified website on Wednesday, said the additional coronavirus infections in the…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has registered the outbreak of measles in eight states of the federation. The NCDC via its official website on Friday said that the eight states affected are; Jigawa; Anambra; Katsina; Rivers; Enugu; Delta;…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 in six states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NCDC made this known on Monday. The centre said Nigeria’s total number of COVID-19 cases…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that the outbreak of Lassa fever in January has claimed 40 lives. A situation report on Sunday by the centre explained that the 40 deaths represented a case of fatality rate (CFR)…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases surged on Friday with the country recording 814 new cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via it’s verified website on Saturday, said the new cases were recorded in 16 states and the Federal Capital Territory…
Nigeria on Thursday logged 1,139 additional COVID-19 infections as total jumped to 241,513 confirmed cases in the 36 states and the FCT. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday morning, via its website, said that the new cases…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has confirmed 4,035 cases of COVID-19 in fifteen states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The agency also confirmed that two patients died in the last 24 hours following complications from the virus. NCDC…
