The head of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu, is set to assume duty as the Assistant Director-General of Health Emergency Intelligence.
Ihekweazu is expected to assume his new duty at the Health Emergency Intelligence, which is a...
Civil servants in the Edo Ministry of Health have been given a seven-day ultimatum to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ultimatum was contained in a memo dated August 30, with reference number: HA.429/1/16 and issued by Permanent Secretary...
New Zealand’s Ministry of Health on Monday said it had registered the first death believed to be linked to injection with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
The ministry said in a statement that “The COVID-19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board (CV-ISMB)...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a drug kingpin, Mr Ibeh Ejike, at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA) Abuja for ingesting 87 wraps of cocaine.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement made...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has raised the alarm that 56 Nigerians receiving treatments in various isolation centres across the country died from COVID-19 complications on Saturday.
This is just as the agency confirmed that it recorded 650 new...
No fewer than 100 million African children have been vaccinated against polio in the past year, the World Health Organisation has said.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti said that although COVID-19 had threatened the success of polio...
India has given more than 10 million Covid-19 jabs in a single day for the first time, authorities said Saturday, as the South Asian giant bolsters its defenses for a predicted new surge.
The health ministry said the 10 million...
Organizers of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health's ongoing recruitment in Nigeria say they have been compelled to suspend the exercise until further notice.
The announcement comes after operatives of the Department of State Services stormed the venue of the...
The National Association of Resident Doctors has called on the government of Abia State to defray the 19 months salary arrears owed workers in the state accordingly.
NARD in a communique issued on Wednesday after its extraordinary National Executive Council...
Cuba is seeking to partner with the Nigerian government on COVID-19 vaccines production.
The Caribbean country has developed five COVID-19 vaccines with two already approved
The news was revealed by Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, Clara Escandell when she visited the President...
