covid-19

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has clarified that there is no evidence of the strain of the newly detected COVID Variant XEC in Nigeria. The assurance comes as the variant, first reported in Australia, spreads to…

The House of Reps Committee on Public Accounts, on Monday. kicked off a full-scale probe into the alleged mismanagement of the COVID-19 intervention funds by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government. In October 2023, a…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Prevention has said that the COVID-19 Omicron sub-lineages partly responsible for the current increase in COVID-19 cases in China, the United States, and the United Kingdom have not yet been…

Femi Falana, Human rights lawyer (SAN) on Sunday has advised the Federal Government to check passengers from China of their COVID-19 status. Falana disclosed this in a statement made available on Sunday in Abuja. Read Also: Keyamo:…

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, says about one-third of the world economy is currently in recession due to the damaging effects of COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.…

Nigerians are feeling uncertain, and their Google searches show it. This was disclosed on Monday, September 19, by Juliet Ehimuan, Director, West Africa, Google. Ehimuan explained that; Since Google launched in Nigeria, we’ve seen…

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development says it did not spend N18.9 billion on bush clearing contract during COVID-19 lockdown. The Director of Information in the ministry, Dr Joel Oruche, made this known in a…

The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, on Monday, August 1, reopened the popular Millennium Park after two years of closure due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. The Millenium Park, which was closed down at…

Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Boma Akpore has taken to his Instagram platform to recount a life-threatening experience with COVID. The controversial reality star in his post gave all glory to God. In the lengthy post…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC) has raised alarm over 880 additional COVID-19 infections reported in Nigeria from July 2 to 8, though with no fatalities. The NCDC disclosed this via its official website…

Calm returned to the streets of commercial capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo on Sunday, July 10, and protesters were jubilant as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed to resign after his house was stormed amid outrage over the South Asia…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that COVID-19 cases are on the rise in 110 countries, driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 variants of the virus. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus disclosed this on Wednesday, June 29,…

The impact of COVID-19 vaccines in 185 countries and territories between Dec. 8, 2020 (the day the first shot was given outside of a clinical trial), and Dec. 8, 2021 was quantified in the study, which was published June 23 in The…

After a World Health Organization report suggested that additional research is needed into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese government dismissed the hypothesis that the novel coronavirus developed from a laboratory…

A senior White House official stated on Friday, June 10, that the requirement, that persons entering the United States of America by air take a COVID-19 test within a day of boarding their aircraft, will be removed as of Sunday.…