COVID-19 vaccine

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for fairer and more equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the globe to fight the spread of the pandemic. This is as he said that Nigeria and other developing countries cannot afford…

Rap superstar, Nicki Minaj, has revealed the reason behind her absence at fashions’ biggest event, the 2021 Met Gala. Few hours before the glamorous event, Minaj revealed that she won’t be attending this year’s high profile because she…

Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says the federal government will soon make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for civil servants. Speaking at a meeting of the health commissioners forum on Thursday in…

As the delta variant of COVID-19 surges across the world, a new variant code named Lambda could be more resistant to vaccines, a new study has shown. Japanese researchers at University of Tokyo on July 28 shared a study that shows…

As the more contagious delta variant of the COVID-19 spreads, a total of 505 new cases were recorded on Tuesday in Nigeria. Nigeria Centre For Disease Control, which made this known via its website on Wednesday morning, put the country’s…

Federal Government have on Monday received 4.8million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by Biden-Harris administration of the United States. The vaccines, which were delivered through the COVAX facility, a vaccine alliance aimed…

Nigeria on Sunday confirmed 407 new cases of coronavirus infections across 16 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Though the figure is less than the 497 recorded 24 hours earlier, it is still high compared…

United States government has announced that it will ship nearly 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to two of the most populous African countries – Nigeria and South Africa on Wednesday (today) as the continent battles the third wave of…

United States has on Friday announced that it is shipping 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa, starting with Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia. Shipments to the first three countries will go out within days, with a total of 49…

William Shakespeare, first man in the world to received approved COVID-19 vaccine, has passed away at 81. Bill, as he was known, made global headlines on so-called V-Day on December 8 when he received Pfizer/BioNTech jab at the…

US biotech firm, Moderna has on Tuesday said trials had shown its COVID-19 vaccine is “highly effective” in adolescents aged 12-17 and the company would seek regulators’ approval in June. CEO Stephane Bancel in a statement said; We are…

Director-General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has on Friday said COVID-19 vaccine would not be made compulsory for corps members. He also urged prospective corps members to be security conscious at…

National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said 1,794,552 persons across the country have received COVID-19 vaccine since the nationwide rollout on March 5. Vaccination has taken place in the 36 states of the federation…

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized the use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old. “This is a promising development in our fight against the virus,” said President Joe Biden.…

General Overseer of Living Faith Church International (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, has warned his members against receiving  COVID-19 vaccine, alleging that it was produced to kill Africans. He stated this on Sunday during the…