NAFDAC bans alcohol in satchet, pet bottles
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has banned the registration of new alcoholic drinks in sachet and small volume pet...
Marwa commends South East over drug war efforts
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has set up a special task force to track and dismantle drug cartels behind the production and distribution...
Nigeria accuses Britain of discrimination over travel ban
The Nigerian Government has described the recent travel ban extended to the country over the emergence of the Omicron variant of the Corona Virus...
Compulsory Vaccination: Edo state government locks out civil servants
Anyone who has no evidence of being vaccinated for covid-19 cannot enter government offices in Edo state.
The restriction includes civil servants who are locked...
Court orders striking doctors back to hospitals
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria has ordered the striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors to resume work immediately.
The order was...
Covid-19 spread: FG not keen on another lockdown
The Federal Government is not considering fresh lockdown even as the spike in corona virus cases continues to raise concerns.
Minister of Health, Dr Osagie...
Food poisoning kills dozens in Sokoto
24 persons have been reported dead as a result of food poisoning in Dansanke village of Bargaja ward in Isa local government area of...
Resident Doctors meet with House Committee, insist on strike
The House of Representatives Committee on Health Services has intervened in the face-off between the federal government and Resident doctors.
The National Association of Resident...
FG appeals to resident doctors to return to work
The federal government says negotiations are still ongoing to accent to the demands of the striking doctors including the request for the payment of...
Gastroenteritis Outbreak: 23 die, 265 others infected in Sokoto
23 persons have so far died as a result of the outbreak of Gastroenteritis in some communities of Sokoto state.
Addressing journalists at a press...
Lagos records 6 COVID-19 related deaths, 519 infections in 2 days
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state recorded six COVID-19 related deaths within two days.
Prof. Abayomi made the disclosure...
Broken Promises: Resident Doctors announce date to resume strike
Resident doctors rose from a National Executive Council meeting in Umuahia, Abia State with a resolve to resume their suspended nationwide strike.
The notice comes...
4 Billion Anti-Coronavirus Shots Injected Worldwide
More than 4 billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered around the world, eight months after the vaccination drive started, according to an...
Nigeria records 535 new C0VID-19 cases, 5 deads
Nigeria’s latest surge in coronavirus infections gathered pace on Wednesday with new confirmed cases rising above 500 for the first time in four months...
UK Offers Kenya 817,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
Britain said Wednesday it was offering 817,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to Kenya, as it rolls out a promised 100 million jabs for global distribution...
