April 2021

Nearly one million Nigerians have taken the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine.

Also, 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines pledged by India have been delivered.

Acting Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Velagaleti Surendra, made the presentation on Tuesday.

The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, and other officials received the donation.

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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation recalled Nigeria got 3.94 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on March 2, 2021.

He said they represented the first tranche of about 16 million doses allocated …

Two UN agencies say about a third of the entire population of the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing acute hunger and have appealed for urgent additional funding to deal with the crisis.

The World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization say it’s never been this bad with more than 27 million Congolese now urgently in need of food – the highest number in any country in the world.

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Both UN agencies describe the scale of the crisis as staggering and say DR Congo should be able …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday announced that the May/June 2021 examinations may not hold in Nigeria.

This was revealed by WAEC’s head of the Nigeria national office Patrick Areghan, he stated that the coronavirus pandemic distorted the academic calendar so much that there is no guaranty the annual terminal examinations will be held on schedule.

‘It will, therefore, not be possible to have the examination in May/June this year,’ Areghan said. ‘A convenient International Timetable for the conduct of the examination will soon be released.’

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According to Areghan, …

The Kogi State Government has taken delivery of about 16, 900 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

The Executive Director, Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KSPHCDA), Dr Abubakar Yakubu received the vaccine on Monday night.

Yakubu, while addressing reporters shortly after receiving the vaccines, said the most awaited COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the State from Abuja at about 7:40pm.

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He also stated that the inoculation exercise would be flagged off in Lokoja on Tuesday, April 6.

‘The first line of recipients of the vaccines are the health workers… The

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has alerted the public as the US placed all alcohol-based hand sanitisers, manufactured in Mexico on watch list.

NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja on Monday.

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Adeyeye said the move became necessary to help stop product falsification.

She further explained that the products will be on the US watch list until the agency is able to certify its safety.

‘The USFDA had noticed a high increase in