[ad_1] A total of 1, 336 suspected cases of cholera, including 79 deaths, have been recorded in 12 states this year, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said. The states are Abia, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Cross River, Ebonyi, Kano, Katsina, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Sokoto and Zamfara. The NCDC, in its situation report…
[ad_1] The federal government has granted provisional approval for the R21/Matrix malaria vaccine developed by scientists at Oxford University. Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye, made the announcement on Monday at a press conference in Abuja. She said, “The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration…
Yakubu By Gom Mirian The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended, with immediate effect, the Resident Electoral Commission for Adamawa State, Alhaji Hudu Ari. His suspension trails his purported declaration of the result of the Adamawa State governorship election on Sunday, the electoral commission stated on Monday in Abuja. National…
[ad_1] Bilateral trade volume between Israel and Nigeria stands at between $200 million and $250 million yearly, Michael Freeman, Ambassador of Israel to Nigeria has said. Freeman, also Permanent Representative of Israel to ECOWAS, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, promising to deepen trade cooperation between both countries. “It often…
By Juliet Jacob Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has described the ongoing fight, which erupted in the Sudanese capital between the military and powerful para-military, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as unwelcome. Speaking on Sunday during a visit to him in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, by the Transitional President of Chad, General Mahamat Idriss Déby-Itno,…
By Juliet Jacob The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has persuaded President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and all high-ranking officials in his regime to publish their assets as they look to evacuate their respective offices. This includes Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan; Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr. Femi…
By Juliet Jacob The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has persuaded President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and all high-ranking officials in his regime to publish their assets as they look to evacuate their respective offices. This includes Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan; Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr. Femi…
By Juliet Jacob The Lagos State lawmaker representing Oshodi/Isolo Federal Constituency II at the House of Representatives, Ganiyu Johnson, said he was planning to propose bills to halt nurses and pharmacists from relocating out of the country. This is coming barely a week after the bill he sponsored on demanding medical and…
In Nigeria, 97 per cent of the population are at risk of malaria > The R21 malaria vaccine dossier complied substantially with the best international standards – NAFDAC By Louis Achi Nigeria becomes the second country to approve the new R21 malaria vaccine developed at UK’s University of Oxford, after…
By Gom Mirian Pirates had in the last three weeks hijacked a motor tanker named MT Monjasa Reformer and MT SUCCESS-9 at various locations in the Gulf of Guinea, GoG. Confirming the incidents on Sunday in Abuja, the Naval director of information, commodore A.O AYO-VAUGHAN told the Africa Health Report, AHR, that six…
