[ad_1] Six mobile vaccine production units by German pharma company BioNTech arrived in Rwanda on Monday, the first such shipments to Africa as the continent seeks to boost mRNA vaccine manufacturing. The units, made from recycled shipping containers, arrived in the capital Kigali, where they will be assembled to make a vaccine production hub for…
By Gom Mirian The 2023 Mock-UTME earlier scheduled for Thursday, March 16 2023, has been shifted to Thursday, March 30. The date shift is partly due to change in the date for the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday,11th March 2023 but now moved to 18th…
. Millions have slipped into penury, destitution Nigeria’s economy is grinding to a halt and has lost about N20tn following the over 70 per cent mop-up of cash by the Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria, a new report by an economic think tank, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise said…
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says 10.6 million people, representing 10.8 per cent of the population, used cannabis in the past year. A statement from NAFDAC on Sunday said the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this during the launch and dissemination of the 2022 Annual Report…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro Lassa fever has continued to spread in Nigeria with 676 confirmed cases recorded across 89 local government areas in 22 states in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention made this known in its Lassa fever situation report for week nine spanning from January to March 5, 2023. The…
[ad_1] Ademola Adegbite The Federal Government has reappointed the Chief Medical Director of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Jesse Otegbayo, for another term of four years. The PUNCH reports that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), approved the appointment of Otegbayo as the CMD in January 2019. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire,…
[ad_1] A fire outbreak has razed shops at a popular commodity market, Singer Market, in Kano State. The fire, according to eyewitnesses, started mid night, but it couldn’t be controlled until around 8am. Firefighters alongside marketers worked to bring the situation under control and quench the fire from spreading to other places. One of the…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro The World Obesity Atlas 2023 report published by the World Obesity Federation has shown that Nigeria is least prepared to deal with the rising Non-Communicable Diseases and obesity globally. The report shows that Nigeria ranks 180 out of 183 countries on the NCDs-Obesity Preparedness Rankings. The ranking system takes account of countries’…
[ad_1] Deborah-Tolu Kolawole Following high-end investigations, the Texas Board of Nursing, United States, has announced that it has charged no fewer than 75 nurses to court over issues bordering on falsification of certificates. On the list posted on the website of the board, 43 of the names were identified as nurses of Nigerian origin. The…
[ad_1] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says 10.6 million people, representing 10.8 per cent of the population, used cannabis in the past year. A statement from NAFDAC on Sunday said the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this during the launch and dissemination of the 2022 Annual Report…
