NIGERIA is set to receive its first batch of 4m doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine this Tuesday under the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Assess Facility (Covax) programme aimed at catering for the needs of poor countries.
Funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Covax was set-up to divide about 2bn doses of...
NIGERIA'S Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 has decided to step up the implementation of its travel restriction guidelines by threatening to apprehend those who defy the quarantine protocols and forcefully detain them.
Fortunately for Nigeria, she has been spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic but the...
NIGERIAN government officials have suspended all Emirates Airlines’ outbound flights for 72 hours following a flagrant breach of the guidelines laid down by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 regarding travel.
Although Nigeria has so far been spared the worst of the global pandemic, the second phase of the pandemic is...
NIGERIA'S federal government has threatened to suspend flight operations from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Netherlands as part of plans to curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Although Nigeria has so far been spared the worst of the global pandemic, the second phase of the pandemic is considered...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of at least one oxygen tents in each of the 36 states of the federation as part of the Nigerian government's battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
Like most countries, Nigeria is looking to mass vaccinate its population this year and as part of the programme, the...
NIGERIAN health officials have warned members of the public against travelling to the UK and four other countries as well as receiving visitors from there because of the high risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus.
Like most African countries, Nigeria has been spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic but the country...
NIGERIAN government officials have announced that the worldwide evacuation of the country's citizens who ended up being stranded abroad as a result of the coronavirus pandemic will end on Saturday August 22.
When the pandemic first hit, thousands of Nigerians were stranded abroad as countries shut their borders, cancelled...
NIGERIA's Covid-19 Presidential Task Force (PTF) has revealed that the recent announcement of August 29 as the date when international flights in and out of the country is still tentative and based upon several conditions being met.
Like most other nations, Nigeria shut down her airspace, closed her airports and banned all...
