Academy of Medicine Specialties in Nigeria has advised the Federal government to shut the country’s international airports for at least two weeks to avoid the third wave of the COVID19 pandemic. In an urgent advisory issued on Sunday, April 25, the President of the Academy of Medicine Specialties of Nigeria, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, noted…
Are you a young Nigerian with a company that can help increase the food value chain of the country, that is being diminished by the Covid19 Pandemic? If the answer to the above question is ‘yes’, it then means you need to apply for the USAID Nigeria Covid19 Food Security Challenge that is ongoing. …
Federal Government says it is proposing to spend the sum of N396 billion for the COVID19 vaccination exercise across the country between the years of 2021 and 2022. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, which was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on…
Federal Government has raised alarm over three thousand doses of fake COVID19 vaccines sent to Africa from China. The Director of Hospital Services of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Dr. Adebimpe Adebiyi, made this known in a letter dated March 26, 2021, to the Chief Medical Directors/Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Health Institutions….
Lagos state government has received its share of the COVID19 vaccines. Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced the arrival of the vaccines on Twitter. He however did not disclose how many doses the state received. ”Arrival of #COVID19 vaccines. We’re making progress. The world will see the end of…
Ghana received its first batch of COVID19 vaccines on Wednesday February 24. The Disease Surveillance Department of Ghana’s Health Service shared photos of the consignment on its Twitter handle this afternoon.
Two NYSC members posted to Kano test positive for COVID19. TruetellsNigeria reports that the NYSC Coordinator in Kano State, Aisha Tata, says two new corps members posted to the state have tested positive for COVID-19. Tata disclosed this while briefing newsmen after the swearing-in of the 2020 Batch ‘B’ Stream A corps members today…
The Lagos State Government is conducting an opinion poll on twitter to determine whether Lagosians want an extension to the lockdown or not. This uncanny move is being conducted via its twitter handle and on Wednesday and had garnered over 64,000 votes. Lagos State has a population of over 15 million. Last week, Lagos State threatened…
