Drug abuse is highest in Southwest – NDLEA

Chairman of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Buba Marwa has raised an alarm of the South-West region of the country having...

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Nigeria now experiencing third wave of COVID-19 - Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire

Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie has said that Nigeria is currently experiencing a third wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Osagie who disclosed t...

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Third wave: Sanwo-Olu cautions Lagosians as 30 die of COVID-19 in one week

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, cautioned residents on the frightening figures of hospitalisations and fatalities resul...

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Nigeria receives 4m doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from US

4.08m doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine which was recently approved by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ...

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COVID-19 kills six in Lagos, as state records 519 cases in 48 hours

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state recorded six COVID-19-related deaths within two days. Abayomi d...

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Nigeria records highest COVID-19 cases in nearly five months

558 new Coronavirus cases were confirmed in Nigeria on Thursday, July 29, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The...

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New York City to offer residents $100 to get vaccinated, starting this Friday

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a free $100 incentive to anyone who goes to a city-run vaccination site for their first dos...

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U.S. reports highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the world

The U.S. has reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the world over the last seven days, according to the World Health Organiza...

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Philip Morris calls on UK government to ban the sale of its own products; wants cigarettes banned in the UK by 2030

Global cigarette manufacturers, Philip Morris International says it will stop selling Marlboro cigarettes in Britain within the next ten yea...

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Cholera outbreak ravages Abuja, death toll now 60

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has announced plans to increase community sensitization as the death toll from a cholera outbre...

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COVID-19: 184 new cases recorded, 31 discharged –NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said the country recorded 184 new COVID-19 infections as of July 22. The NCDC made this known on it...

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COVID-19 infection rose by 77 per cent in one week - NCDC reports

New epidemiological data from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC says the number of COVID19 cases recorded in the country has risen...

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WHO predicts 100,000 deaths from Covid-19 by end of Tokyo Olympics

The World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted 100,000 covid-19 deaths by the end of the Tokyo Olympics this summer. The Tokyo 2020 Summe...

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Zimbabwe orders mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for all Its civil servants

The Zimbabwean Government has ordered compulsory vaccinations for civil servants and reducing the number of workers reporting for duty in a ...

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Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine may not be highly effective against Delta and lambda variant - New study says

A new study suggests that those who received the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine may need a booster to help their bodies combat th...

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COVID-19 third wave: FG places FCT, Lagos, Kano, Rivers, Oyo, two others on red alert

Amid fears of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic following the confirmation of the Delta variant of the coronavirus, the Presidential ...

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US confirms monkeypox case imported from Nigeria

United States authorities on Friday, July 16, confirmed the first case of human monkeypox in the country in nearly 20 years. The first case ...

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Covid ‘becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,’ US warns

US health authorities on Friday pleaded with Covid vaccine holdouts to roll up their sleeves and get their shots, as cases, hospitalization...

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'The pandemic is nowhere near finished' - WHO declares amid reports a 'strong likelihood of more dangerous Covid variants emerging'

The WHO has warned there is a 'strong likelihood' of dangerous Covid variants spreading around the world as they declared the pandem...

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NAFDAC approves use of Moderna And Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control has approved the use of Moderna and Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. Di...

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