April 07, 2023
Nigeria: 66.6% Eligible Population Vaccinated With Covid-19 Vaccines - Govt
The federal government has said a total of 71,477,351 Nigeria residents have been fully vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines as at April 1, 2023, representing 61.6 percent of the… Read more »
March 12, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's Annual Trade Volume Rises to Near Pre-Covid Level
The 169 per cent year-on-year increase in trade surplus recorded by the federal government for 2022 has almost put Nigeria's annual trade volume at the positive threshold of the… Read more »
January 16, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Records 29 Fresh Cases of Covid-19 in One Week
*WHO urges retention of facemasks Read more »
December 13, 2022
Nigeria: Govt Abolishes Facemask At Airports, Relaxes Covid-19 Rules
The federal government has abolished the wearing of facemask by air travellers, aircraft crew and also cancelled COVID-19 PCR test irrespective of vaccination status. Read more »
September 08, 2022
Nigeria: WHO, Oyo EOC, NAWOJ Train Journalists On Covid-19, Other Diseases
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the Oyo State Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) and the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Oyo State… Read more »
August 24, 2022
Nigeria: 41,235,148 Nigerians Have Received Covid-19 Vaccines - NPHCDA
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) yesterday disclosed that the country has successfully vaccinated 41,235,148 of its eligible population with the first… Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: Africa Needs $424bn to Recover From Pandemic Devastation, Says Adesina
African nations need $424 billion this year to help them cope with the devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Head of the African Development Bank (AfDB),… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Nigeria: Covid-19 - 19 Percent Eligible Nigerians Vaccinated, Says Govt
The federal government yesterday said the country has been able to fully vaccinate 21,236,404 of its eligible population with COVID-19 vaccine. Read more »
June 17, 2022
Nigeria: Okonjo-Iweala's WTO Nears Deals On Vaccines, Fisheries in Final Hours of Talks
The world's top trade ministers neared major agreements on reduction of fishery subsidies and a loosening of vaccine-production limits yesterday evening after marathon talks in… Read more »
June 14, 2022
Nigeria: Funke Akindele, 236 Others Lose Suit Challenging Covid-19 Conviction
Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has struck out a suit by popular actress, Funke Akindale alias Jenifa, her husband Abdul Rasheed Bello, and 236… Read more »
May 25, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Receives 4.4 Million Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines
The federal government yesterday received 4,400,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Government and people of Spain to Nigeria. Read more »
May 20, 2022
Africa: Experts Move to Adopt New Strategies to Boost Post-Covid-19 Air Transport in Africa
For one week, aviation experts from Africa and Indian Ocean (AFI) region met in Abuja to brainstorm on how to revive air transport system in Africa, which has been devastated by… Read more »