OMICRON VARIANT: WE’LL PROSECUTE ANYONE FLOUTING COVID-19 GUIDELINES, TRAVEL PROTOCOLS- SANWO-OLU
Dec. 8, 2021 …Offenders’ passports to be blacklisted for one year Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said his government through the courts will prosecute anyone found wanting…
LAGOS MOVES AGAINST CHOLERA OUTBREAK, UNVEILS NEW WATER CHECK, MOBILE LABORATORIES
Dec. 2, 2021 … As Industry Players Laud LASWARCO, Describe Facility as Nigeria’s First Fully-Equipped Lab The Lagos State Government on Wednesday unveiled a state-of-the-art Water Check Laboratory and Mobile…
COVID-19: Nigeria confirms first case of Omicron variant in 3 persons
Dec. 1, 2021 Nigeria has confirmed it’s first case of the Omicron variant, also known as the B.1.1.529 lineage. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in a statement Wednesday morning…
Covid-19 Omicrom variant: NCDC intensifies analysis, Canada may blacklist Nigeria
November 30, 2021 With Canada on Sunday confirming existence of COVID-19 Omicron variant in Nigeria after two persons who travelled to Nigeria and returned to Canada tested positive to the…
FG to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine roll-out to reach 50% of targeted population – NPHCDA
Nov. 19, 2021 The Executive Director/CEO of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, has disclosed that Nigeria has received over 100 million doses of COVID-19…
Nigeria International Travel Portal undergoes systems upgrade – PSC
Nov. 3, 2021 The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, says the Nigeria International Travel Portal (www.nitp.ncdc.gov.ng) will be undergoing a system’s upgrade between Nov. 2 and 4. This is…
Nigeria has huge opportunities for becoming a leading nation in healthcare – Osinbajo
Oct. 19, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria must build local capacities to ensure health access to all, and take advantage of the opportunities in the sector to become…
Data4COVID19 Africa Challenge: Research x-rays impact of lockdown on citizens
On the 14th of October 2021, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL) convened a dissemination meeting to present findings from…
Okowa lauds media role in Covid-19 control; assures on smarter Delta
OCTOBER 8, 2021 Delta Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has applauded the Nigerian media for its role in the overall management of Covid-19 pandemic, stressing that advocacy and enlightenment by the…
Cholera: Nigeria records 46 fatalities in one week – NCDC
Sept. 14, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 46 new deaths linked to suspected cholera cases have been recorded in the country in the past one week….