Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has received the second dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Buhari’s Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmed made this disclosed in a post via his Twitter account on Saturday. According to the tweet, the vaccination took place on Saturday at the presidential villa, Abuja. “Today, President @MBuhari received the second dose of […]
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The Lagos State government has said it has concluded the first half of phase one COVID vaccination campaign. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Wednesday. According to him, this was in line with the directive of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency. The statement reads: […]
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Popular Nigerian Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome has questioned fellow pastors endorsing the COVID-19 vaccine. According to Oyakhilome, pastors should not be telling their members to go ahead and take a jab of the Coronavirus vaccine. In a sermon delivered which was shared on his church’s YouTube channel, Oyakhilome asked his colleagues, Where is your faith? His […]
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Emerging report has it that Kogi state has commenced plans to start administering the Coronavirus vaccine to residents after repeatedly doubting the existence of the disease in the state. Speaking with journalists, the state commissioner for health, Saka Haruna said Kogi will receive doses of the vaccine on Tuesday ahead of the rollout shortly after. He […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government has dispelled the possibility of any fake COVID-19 vaccines being administered or sold by unauthorised institution in the country. This was contained in a circular signed by Dr Adebimpe Adebiyi, the Director, Department of Hospital Service, Federal Ministry of Health, on behalf of the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire in Abuja. […]
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The Government of Nigeria has placed its agencies on alert following speculations of fake COVID-19 vaccines reportedly dispatched to Africa. The authorities also allayed fears that harmful jabs were being administered or sold by any unauthorised institution in the country. In a statement issued on the matter by, Adebimpe Adebiyi, the Director, Department of Hospital […]
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, received the COVID-19 vaccine jab in his office alongside some principal staff officers of the Nigerian Army on Friday. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima also got vaccinated. After receiving the vaccine, Attahiru reiterated the call for all officers and soldiers of the Nigerian […]
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The Federal Government has said Nigerians will not be mandated to take the Coronavirus vaccination. Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora made this disclosure yesterday during a chat on Arise Tv. ”Nothing will be made mandatory. It’s optional. The choice is yours. Nobody will be forced to take any vaccine,” he said. Asked if […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has not included Nigeria for the Pfizer vaccines. This is due to the country’s failure to meet the standard requirement of being able to store the vaccines at the required -70 degrees Celsius. The Nigerian government had said it is expecting to receive 100,000 doses through the COVAX initiative. However, […]
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The government of South African, on Monday, received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines. NAN reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and deputy president David Mabuza, who chairs the inter-ministerial committee on vaccines, were at the airport to receive one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. South Africa has been the […]
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