DEVELOPMENT

The United Kingdom Government has donated 699,760 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCD), at the official handover of the vaccines said the vaccine will be certified and approved by the […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has rated high Nigeria’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, ranking it the fourth-best in the world. Dr Walter Mulombo, WHO Country Representative in Nigeria, on the arrival of the first consignment of 177,600 doses of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine in Abuja, said […]

Professor Moji Adeyeye, the Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned that the growing menace of drug abuse is fast imposing major health and social pressures on the Nigerian youth as the Covid- 19 pandemic worsens the economic conditions and leaves them feeling […]

There are blackouts in many parts of the country as the national power grid suffered another partial system collapse early afternoon of Wednesday, July 29, 2021.  The blackout from the system collapse, which was confirmed by two of the electricity distribution companies in the country, was believed to be a […]

The House of Representatives on Customs has commenced an investigative hearing into the alleged killing of five persons in Iseyin, Oyo state by some officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) during a shootout between the customs officers and rice smugglers in May. Speaking at the investigative hearing on Tuesday, […]

More victims have died from the accident involving two vehicles on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday. The accident involved a commercial white Mazda bus, with registration number: APP 28 YE, and a blue Volvo truck, with no registration number. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, which confirmed the […]

The World Bank has reported that an estimated 4,000 Nigerian children lost one or both parents between March 2020 and July 2021 due to COVID-19-associated death. The Bank stated this in its latest blog post co-authored by Laura Rawlings, its Lead Economist and Susan Hillis, a Senior Technical Advisor, CDC […]

The management of the Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority (OORBDA) has hinted that it would soon write the governors of Lagos and Ogun states on the looming flooding of both states. Mr Olufemi Odumosu, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, OORBDA, in an interview with The Punch, said the […]

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) pilot has successfully ejected from his Alpha Jet aircraft in Zamfara after coming under enemy fire while returning from air interdiction between the boundaries of Zamfara and Kaduna States. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the Director Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force in a statement, […]

Professor Moji Adeyeye, the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has stated that all herbal formulas for the treatment of the Covid-19 virus must undergo clinical trials and the agency must approve the clinical trial protocol before they can be official approval for […]