The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has dedicated the 2021 International Women’s Day celebration to the Late Tolulope Arotile of the Nigerian Air Force for her heroism and selfless service to the nation. A group picture of women in uniform, 4th from left, Mrs Olabisi Shonibare, representing Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Mrs Folashade […]
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By Funmi Falana Here comes another International Women’s Day celebration. Every day is a great day to celebrate the amazing women in your life but International Women’s Day gives you an extra reason to do just that. This Day, celebrated every year on March 8 is a global day of celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political […]
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Bassa-nge women from Gboloko Local Government Area of Kogi State celebrate the International Women’s Day in Abuja…yesterday. Photo: Lucy Ladidi Ateko • We’re not asking for lower standards for women, says CDD boss• ‘It is a call for partnership, collaboration, and amity• Yesufu blames Nigeria’s woes on women relegation• Ihekweazu faults maternal policy• COVID-19 worsened […]
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Any COVID-19 vaccine not through government channels should be considered as counterfeit, say experts Guild of Medical Directors, security experts call for robust surveillance to check fake COVID-19 vaccines Want NAFDAC to test all batches of COVID-19 vaccines Three days after Nigeria began vaccination for coronavirus, there are concerns that fake and illegal COVID-19 vaccines […]
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Nigeria Plans 70% Vaccination By 2023 Under 18, Pregnant Women Exempted, Minister Insists FG Urges Nigerians To Be Wary Of Fraudsters Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib (right), administering COVID-19 vaccine (AstraZeneca vaccine) to Dr. Cyprian Ngong, the first recipient and Senior Register 1, National Hospital, Abuja, who has […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other top officials will receive their COVID-19 vaccination tomorrow. Governors will receive theirs on Wednesday. The 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will be rolled out from the National Hospital Abuja today. National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, told reporters after […]
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The Federal Government has said it would start the roll-out of the 3.92 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the National Hospital, Abuja, on Friday with some frontline health workers in the facility. It also said President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, would receive their COVID-19 vaccination on Saturday, a day after […]
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The first batch of Oxford/AstraZenica COVID-19 vaccine doses are offloaded from a plane during its arrival at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, in Abuja, Nigeria, on March 2, 2021. – A shipment of nearly four million coronavirus jabs arrived in Nigeria on March 2, 2021, making Africa’s most populous nation the world’s third country to […]
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By Sylvester Odion Akhaine I have previously discussed the COVID-19 variants. But matters are arising, and that is the pre-occupation of this piece. It is about the vaccine dilemma in relation to Covid-19 and its variants. It would be recalled that experts had warned about the implication of coronavirus mutation for the scramble to acquire […]
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Doctor Kate Martin (L) prepares dosed of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination centre set up at St Columba’s church in Sheffield, northern England, on February 20, 2021. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) More than 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in at least 107 countries and territories, according to an […]
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