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The Federal Government has disclosed that total lockdown will be a last resort in its strategy to contain spread of Delta variant of COVID-19 in the country amid surge in cases nationwide. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, during a weekly ministerial press briefing at the Presidential Villa,…
August 12, 2021
Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials to find effective treatments against COVID-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Wednesday. The therapies — artesunate, imatinib, and infliximab — will be tested on hospitalised COVID-19 patients in 52 countries under the Solidarity PLUS programme. There have…
August 11, 2021
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been urged to suspend their ongoing strike action by the Progressive Governors Forum. Kebbi State Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu who heads the forum noted that their position was in agreement with the call by the Federal Government through the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige for the…
August 10, 2021
The Federal Government has reinstated her commitment towards a trans-fat free Nigeria by speeding up the gazette of the Oil and Fats regulations. The Minister of State for Health Adeleke Olorunnimbe Mamora who disclosed this in Abuja during the advocacy visit by the #Transfatfree Nigeria coalition assured that the ministry looks forward to collaborating with…
August 4, 2021
Russia registered 22,589 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 22,010 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,356,784, the federal response centre said on Wednesday. “Over the past day, 22,589 COVID-19 cases were confirmed across 85 Russian regions, including 2,048 cases 9.1per cent without clinical symptoms,” the centre said, adding that…
August 4, 2021
As the more contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19 spreads, a total of 505 new cases were recorded on Tuesday in Nigeria. This increased the country’s COVID-19 caseload to 175,264, the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) said. COVID-19 average test positivity rate is estimated at six per cent and the active cases at 7,969.…
August 4, 2021
Amid concerns that many African countries have continued to implement policies that are detrimental to the agricultural ecosystem, leading to rising level of severe hunger across the continent, the Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI), Faith Leaders, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), among other groups have asked the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
August 3, 2021
NCDC Confirms 32 Cases Of Delta Variant In 5 States The Federal Government has hinted that six states and the Federal Capital Territory are currently driving the third wave of COVID-19 disease in the country as the carnage of the pandemic lingers. The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, while expressing concern in Abuja on Monday…
August 3, 2021
The Trans-fat Free Nigeria campaign coalition has urged the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to help uphold the consumers rights to safe and healthy foods and right to accurate information on food labels so they can make informed decisions and stay healthy. The Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA),…
July 30, 2021
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The Federal Government has disclosed that total lockdown will be a last resort in its strategy to contain spread of Delta variant of COVID-19 in the country amid surge in cases nationwide. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, during a weekly ministerial press briefing at the Presidential Villa,…
August 12, 2021
Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials to find effective treatments against COVID-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Wednesday. The therapies — artesunate, imatinib, and infliximab — will be tested on hospitalised COVID-19 patients in 52 countries under the Solidarity PLUS programme. There have…
August 11, 2021
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been urged to suspend their ongoing strike action by the Progressive Governors Forum. Kebbi State Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu who heads the forum noted that their position was in agreement with the call by the Federal Government through the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige for the…
August 10, 2021
The Federal Government has reinstated her commitment towards a trans-fat free Nigeria by speeding up the gazette of the Oil and Fats regulations. The Minister of State for Health Adeleke Olorunnimbe Mamora who disclosed this in Abuja during the advocacy visit by the #Transfatfree Nigeria coalition assured that the ministry looks forward to collaborating with…
August 4, 2021
Russia registered 22,589 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 22,010 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,356,784, the federal response centre said on Wednesday. “Over the past day, 22,589 COVID-19 cases were confirmed across 85 Russian regions, including 2,048 cases 9.1per cent without clinical symptoms,” the centre said, adding that…
August 4, 2021
As the more contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19 spreads, a total of 505 new cases were recorded on Tuesday in Nigeria. This increased the country’s COVID-19 caseload to 175,264, the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) said. COVID-19 average test positivity rate is estimated at six per cent and the active cases at 7,969.…
August 4, 2021
Amid concerns that many African countries have continued to implement policies that are detrimental to the agricultural ecosystem, leading to rising level of severe hunger across the continent, the Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI), Faith Leaders, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), among other groups have asked the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
August 3, 2021
NCDC Confirms 32 Cases Of Delta Variant In 5 States The Federal Government has hinted that six states and the Federal Capital Territory are currently driving the third wave of COVID-19 disease in the country as the carnage of the pandemic lingers. The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, while expressing concern in Abuja on Monday…
August 3, 2021
The Trans-fat Free Nigeria campaign coalition has urged the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to help uphold the consumers rights to safe and healthy foods and right to accurate information on food labels so they can make informed decisions and stay healthy. The Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA),…
July 30, 2021
