The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2. A statement released by NCDC’S head of Communications, Dr. Yahya Disu, says the variant was detected in a traveler to Nigeria, following the routine travel test required of all international travelers and genomic…
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC, eight new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the country on Wednesday, June 16. The NCDC said that the new cases were reported in Rivers-four, the FCT- three and Kwara-one. The centre noted that no COVID-19 related fatality was recorded. It added that 45 people were…
Office of the State Vigilante Service (AVGS) aka “Bakassi Boys” was on Monday, June 7, set ablaze by angry traders. The office which is situated within the popular Umuahia Timber Market was burnt down after the Bakassi boys were accused of killing a trader during a squabble with the state Board of Internal Revenue Service (ABIRS) which…
About 150 medical doctors have resigned from the Ondo State public service in the last year over unpaid salaries by the state government. The state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) disclosed this while raising alarm over the massive resignation of its members from the government’s workforce. According to the group, 150 doctors left…
There are reports of a fresh outbreak of cholera in five Local Government Council Areas of Plateau State. No fewer than six deaths and 33 confirmed cases have been recorded in the state. It was gathered the affected local governments are Jos South, Jos North, Riyom, Barkin Ladi and Bassa. Commissioner for Health, Dr Nimkong…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Saturday recalled how he contracted the dreaded COVID-19 from a fellow governor in 2020. El-Rufai, while speaking at the seventh Ahmadu Bello Foundation lecture in Kaduna on Saturday, also said no fewer than 50,000 people would have been killed by the virus last year if a lockdown had…
President Muhammadu Buhari has received his second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The President took the shot at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The second dose is being administered exactly 12 weeks after the first shot was taken on March 6. The President’s inoculation was done by the Chief Personal Physician to the President,…
Dr. Miriam Ezekwe, the Southeast zonal coordinator for the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has said the outbreak of COVID-19 adversely affected responses to the treatment of HIV/AIDs patients in Nigeria. The health expert said that the bulk of the resources mapped out for the treatment of HIV/AIDs patients in the country…
The Federal Government has said that about 4,683 Nigerians have received their second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, no fewer than 1, 929,237 Nigerians have taken their first dose since the vaccination…
A fresh cholera outbreak in Bauchi State has killed at least, 20 persons in some parts of the state. It was gathered that about 322 persons have been infected with the disease. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aliyu Mohammed Maigoro, gave an update on the situation during a media briefing on Tuesday morning. He…