NIGERIA looks set to benefit from the supply of more doses of the coronavirus vaccine after the Group of Seven (G7) nations approved a $650bn loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to purchase more shipments for developing countries.
Last week, the G7 met in the UK where among other things, it agreed to bankroll the...
RENOWNED virologist and former vice chancellor of the Redeemer’s University Professor Oyewale Tomori has blamed inconsistent government policies and personal interest as being among the reasons why Nigeria is unable to produce human vaccines.
With the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging the globe, Nigeria is one nation that is...
NIGERIA is to receive a consignment of 29.8m doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine through the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Assess Facility (Covax) facility by the end of May or in early June.
Funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Covax was set-up to divide about 2bn doses of vaccines across 92 low-and...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Foreign direct investment - Aim for $50bn annually. When Mark Zuckerberg last visited, did we get him to commit to a minimum annual investment figure
(2) Development grants - I have lost track of how many billions are available through bodies like Unesco, Unicef, WHO, WTO, World Bank, etc
(3) Federal government...
LOCAL Nigerian scientists have produced two local coronavirus vaccines from native plants and are currently awaiting clinical trials and certification of the products according to the presidential task force on Covid-19.
With a population of 200m, Nigeria needs purchase about 218.m doses of the coronavirus vaccine if the...
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 has failed to make the World Health Organisation (WHO) shortlist of nations that qualify to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine because of the country’s inability to meet the standard requirement of being able to offer storage at the required -70 degrees Celsius.
With the vaccine being distributed worldwide, the...
WORLD Bank managers have set aside a sum of $12bn to fund the purchase of coronavirus vaccines for Africa as part of a global to ensure that billions of people are vaccinated worldwide before the end of the year.
Medical experts have warned that Nigeria needs to set aside N540.4bn ($1.4bn) to purchase 218.m doses of the new...
NIGERIAN health officials have now revealed that the long-awaited Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in the country in late March after an agreement has been reached to be supplied through the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (Avatt).
Medical experts have warned that Nigeria needs to set aside N540.4bn ($1.4bn) to purchase...
NIGERIAN government officials have decided to proceed with the purchase of Oxford/AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine later this year as part of its programme to combat the spread of the virus across the country.
Medical experts have warned that Nigeria needs to set aside N540.4bn ($1.4bn) to purchase 218.m doses of the new...
