NEWS DAIRY ONLINE The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has not received any official report of serious adverse effects from the 215, 277, people who have received the first doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines. The NPHCDA Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed…
THE GUARDIAN The Rivers State House of Assembly has passed a bill that mandates residents to compulsorily use face masks in public places. The bill titled “Enforcement of Wearing of Face Masks” was brought by the chairman, House Committee on…
THE VANGUARD The Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has stated that the aim of the Federal Government Extended Special Public Works Programme,ESPW, was to shield the most vulnerable from the ravaging effects of Covid-19 pandemic which include…
THE GUARDIAN Twenty four hours after the country, last Thursday, recorded 23 Coronavirus (COVID-19)-induced deaths- the highest single-day count of fatalities, situation degenerated further last Friday with the number of infections soaring to 1, 867- the highest single-day count since…
THE NATION The Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN) has urged the Federal Government to leverage its successes in containing the COVID-19 pandemic to avert another lockdown in the country this year. ARFAN equally appealed to the government to prevail…
THE NATION THE Africa Centre for Disease Control (ACDC) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have launched an investigation into the nature of the new variant of COVID-19 found in Nigeria. The variant was found in two patients’…
THE GUARDIAN Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tested positive for the coronavirus after he was exposed to a confirmed case. “A PCR test performed yesterday the 11th of December has confirmed that he has indeed been infected with the…
PREMIUM TIMES Nigeria, on Friday, recorded its highest daily COVID-19 infection figure since the beginning of the outbreak in late February. Nigeria recorded 796 new cases on Friday, health authorities said, smashing previous highest daily record of 745 reported on…
THE CABLE Some of the Covid-19 Isolation centres were shut after the Country recorded a decline in cases. However, there has been a surge in COVID-19 cases, with warning that there might be a second wave of the pandemic in…
RIPPLES NIGERIA Oil prices inched lower on Monday as a persistent rise in coronavirus infections around the world spurred a number of renewed lockdowns as well as new stringent measures in Southern California. Brent crude oil futures fell by 16…