The Kogi state government has commiserated with the family of John Olu Irefin, major-general and general officer commanding (GOC) six division, Port-Harcourt, Rivers state, who died of complications from COVID-19. Crimefacts.News had reported that the deceased was attending the annual chief of army staff conference in Abuja before he took ill and died. In a […]
The federal government has asked COVID-19 treatment centres across the country to prepare for reopening. Some of the centres were shut after the country recorded a decline in cases. However, there has been a surge in COVID-19 cases, with warning that there might be a second wave of the pandemic in the country. Speaking at […]
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that he may have no option but to consider locking down the state again if the people refuse to wear face masks and observe social distance. El’rufai said the state was experiencing a rising rate of COVID-19 infections, warning that government is considering several options to manage the […]
The General Officer Commanding of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Major General Olubunmi Irefin, is dead. According to available information, the amiable General died at the ongoing Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference, which was hurriedly discontinued over the development. Information had filtered in earlier in the day […]
Nigeria hit a major record on Tuesday with over 500 new positive samples confirmed — the highest daily count in the past 15 weeks. The last time the daily count was over 550 was on August 22, when 601 infections were confirmed. The Tuesday figure is a significant increase over the past 24 hours, as […]
Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old British grandmother has become the first person in the world to get the new Pfizer Covid-19 jab on Tuesday, as the NHS kicked off its biggest vaccine campaign ever. Margaret Keenan was given the life-saving jab at 6.31a.m. on Tuesday, at her local hospital in Coventry, West Midlands. She is among […]
A yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 172 people so far, the World Health Organization said Friday. The outbreak poses an extra challenge to the country’s health system as Africa’s most populous nation deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, several concurrent disease outbreaks and a humanitarian crisis in the northeast, the WHO said. Nigeria has […]
Mass vaccination of Britons against COVID-19 will start next week, with the approval of the vaccine made by Pfizer/BioNTech. The vaccine was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Health Secretary Matt Hancock tweeted on Wednesday that ‘Help is on its way’. “The MHRA has formally authorised the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19. […]
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, yesterday lamented that the country loses about $2 billion in foreign exchange annually to medical tourism. Ehanire, however, added that the federal government will partner the private sector in developing innovative strategies to provide healthcare access to all Nigerians as well as foster health workforce retention. The minister, […]
Despite the fumigation of Ette, and Umuopu communities in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State against yellow fever by the state government and the ongoing immunisation against the disease at some local government areas in the state, death toll has hit 133. Four persons died at Aji Community while several others reportedly died […]
