health

COVID-19 Lockdown: Over 500 secondary school student pregnant in Benin

More than 500 pregnancies were recorded in secondary schools of Benin’s northeastern department of…

Lagos governor, Sanwo-Olu, contracts COVID-19

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has tested positive for coronavirus. Sanwo-Olu had gone…

Egypt becomes first African country to get COVID-19 vaccine

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population announced on Thursday night that the first batch…

Nigeria records 796 cases new highest single day COVID-19 infections

Nigeria on Friday registered 796 new cases, highest single -day COVID-19 infections in 24…

COVID-19: NCDC decries inadequate testing in some states

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says there is inadequate testing for COVID-19…

New study finds COVID-19 antibody in blood donations

U.S. researchers have found antibodies against COVID-19 in blood samples dating back to mid-December…

Nigerians to get COVID-19 vaccines from January

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has assured Nigeria and other African…

Nigeria records 390 new coronavirus cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday reported on its website, and…

COVID-19: NCDC confirms 343 new infections

Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 343 new infections of the Coronavirus…

COVID-19: US to vaccinate 100m people by February – Official

The US hopes to have immunized 100 million people against COVID-19 by the end…

ISWAP abducts Red Cross staff in Nigeria

A Boko Haram faction, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), has claimed it has…

17 corpers contract COVID-19 in Abia orientation camp

SEVENTEEN members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at the orientation camp in…

World AIDS Day: 45,000 persons on anti-retroviral drugs in Delta – Official

Dr John Osuyali, Executive Secretary, Delta State Agency for Control of HIV and AIDs…

World AIDS Day: Tallen urges women to go for regular HIV screening

The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has urged women to embark on…

COVID-19: Shun Christmas carols, NCDC warns

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu, has warned Christians…