Health

By John Ikani President Muhammadu Buhari has received a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at the State House, Abuja. The President had taken his first jab of the vaccine earlier in the year on March...

By John Ikani  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the country is currently experiencing a fourth wave of coronavirus disease following the recent surge in cases and deaths. Ifedayo Adetifa, Director-General of...

By John Ikani  President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that his country will send 15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa. Erdogan made the announced on Saturday at a major summit of the continent's...

By John Ikani  The Netherlands entered a tough lockdown from Sunday morning to limit a feared COVID-19 surge due to the Omicron variant. Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that bars, restaurants, and non-essential stores will close...

By John Ikani  The Omicron variant has been reported in 89 countries and the number of cases is doubling in 1.5 to 3 days in areas with community transmission, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on...

By John Ikani The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed Ayoade Alakija, a Nigerian doctor, as its Special Envoy for the access to COVID-19 tools accelerator (ACT-Accelerator). The ACT-accelerator partnership is a global initiative offering an...