Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, Reuters reported. According to two sources who spoke to Reuters, it was one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the difficulty of African nations in getting shots. Governments on the continent of over one […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said it is committed to clamping down on the consumption of methamphetamine, popularly known as mkpurummiri. Mr Isah Adoro, Commander of NDLEA, Ebonyi Command, during a one-day security sensitisation campaign, organised by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Tuesday in Abakaliki said mkpurummiri is a very dangerous […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says brain drain has created a gap in the provision of quality medical treatment in Africa. Buhari said this on Tuesday during the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE), a hospital project that aims to transform the healthcare sector in the West African sub-region. The […]
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President African Development Bank (AfDB) says the travel ban on some African countries over Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant is “very unfair, non-scientific and discriminatory”. Adesina, who said this through his verified twitter handle @akin_adesina, urged the western countries to lift the travel ban on the African countries He queried why […]
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has berated the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Minister of State, State for Health, Dr. Olorunimbe Mamora, and the Permanent Secretary, Mahmuda Mamman, for being absent at the National COVID-19 Summit. The summit was aimed at bringing all stakeholders together to discuss ‘ending the pandemic’ and with the theme: “Pushing […]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the ban of travellers from Nigeria by the UK over Omicron, a COVID-19 variant, is discriminatory. On Saturday, the UK put Nigeria on its red list as a result of COVID Omicron cases linked to Nigeria. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Monday, Mohammed said the […]
[ British Airways on Monday operated inbound and outbound flights out of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. According to airport sources, the British carrier flew into Lagos with flight number – BA075 from London Heathrow. It landed at the runways of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at exactly 04.55 am. The aircraft parked […]
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has expressed disappointment over the United Kingdom government’s placement of Nigeria on its red list following the detection of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. “We were not very happy when six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa were placed on a red list and the WHO also advised against putting each […]
The British High Commission says it will “pause making decisions” on visitor visa applications from all red list countries, including Nigeria. The decision was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by the commission. The development comes hours after the UK added Nigeria to its travel red list as a result of concerns over the […]
Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, has urged youths in the state to shun methamphetamine, otherwise known as ‘mkpuru mmiri’ and other forms of hard drugs. Uzodimma, who was represented by Placid Njoku, the deputy governor of Imo, said this on Saturday at the 33rd convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). He […]
