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- 8 Aug 2021
FG Postpones Second Batch of COVID-19 Vaccination
Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC), on Sunday announced the postponement of the kick off of the second phase of vaccination for COVID-19. The second phase of the vaccination is to be…
- 6 Jul 2021
NPHCDA Dismisses Rumours of Electromagnetic Ingredients in COVID-19 Vaccines
National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said that COVID-19 vaccines do not contain electromagnetic ingredients that can cause side effects. Dr Faisal Shuaib, executive director,…
- 6 Jan 2022
Buhari Says Nigeria is Working on COVID-19 Vaccine
Nigeria is working to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, President Muhammadu Buhari said in a televised interview on Thursday, as the country battles growing cases of the virus. Health experts say Nigeria…
- 18 Jan 2021
FG Says COVID-19 Vaccine Safe
Dr. Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has debunked fears and reports that the expected COVID-19 vaccines in the country neither…
- 16 Feb 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and the Konga Option
By: Dr. B. B Usman – Business Analyst The business side of the Pandemic? Covid-19 is transforming itself from the ‘Bad, the Ugly and the Good’ - into the Business-of Things. This is within the…
- 1 Mar 2021
FG Begins Online Registration of Nigerians for COVID-19 Vaccines
Nigerian Government has began online registration of Nigerians interested in taking the COVID-19 vaccine. The first batch of the vaccine is expected to land in the country on Tuesday. The online…
- 27 Jan 2021
MTN Supports African Union’s COVID-19 Vaccines Programme with $25m
MTN has announced a donation of $25 million to support the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The donation will help secure up to seven million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for health…
- 28 Mar 2021
FG on High Alert over Fake COVID-19 Vaccines from China
Nigerian government has placed its agencies on alert following speculations of fake COVID-19 vaccines reportedly dispatched to Africa. The authorities also allayed fears that harmful jabs were being…
- 4 Dec 2020
Covid-19 Vaccines Are ‘Liquid Gold’ to Criminals- Interpol
International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has raised the alarm over plans to sell fake COVID-19 vaccines, thereby disrupting the supply chain and endangering lives. According to the…
- 31 Jan 2021
MTN Partners African Union on COVID-19 Vaccinations
MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network, has announced a donation of US$25 million to support the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The donation will help secure up to seven million doses…
- 2 Mar 2021
Twitter Tackles COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation
Twitter said it would apply warnings to tweets that contain misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and implement a strike system of enforcement that could see users permanently banned for…
- 28 Dec 2020
Man Dies 2 Hours after Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
A 75-year-old man from Beit Shean died Monday morning from cardiac arrest, about two hours after receiving the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. The man received the vaccine at 8:30 in the morning, and waited…
- 12 Dec 2021
Europe Ships 1m Near-Expired Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Nigeria
As many as 1 million doses of AstraZeneca’s covid-19 vaccine reportedly expired before they could be used in Nigeria, a country of more than 200 million where less than 2% of the population is fully…
- 22 Dec 2021
FG Destroys 1m Expired Donated COVID-19 Vaccines
Nigeria destroyed more than 1 million expired doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after authorities said they could not be used before their expiration date. Faisal Shuaib, head of…
- 21 Apr 2020
Beware of Fake COVID-19 Vaccine, FG Warns Nigerians
Federal Government on Tuesday warned Nigerians against patronising uncertified Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine, yellow in colour, being hawked in Kano. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and…
- 16 Apr 2021
Nigeria Begins Clinical Trials of Two 2 COVID-19 Vaccines Developed Locally
Nigeria has begun clinical trials for the two COVID-19 vaccines developed in the country. Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19, said that the vaccines will be used after…
- 9 Nov 2025
COVID-19 Vaccines may Help some Cancer Patients Fight Tumors
The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients – revving up their immune systems to help fight tumors. People with advanced lung or skin cancer who were…
- 15 Jul 2021
Standard Chartered $200m Facility with Afreximbank for AU COVID-19 Vaccination Acquisition Programme
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Standard Chartered have announced an agreement for Standard Chartered to provide USD 200m of not-for-profit funding towards Afreximbank’s structured…
- 4 Feb 2021
Nigeria to Receive Largest Share of MTN/AU’s COVID-19 Vaccine
Following MTN’s donation of US$25 million towards the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme, the ICT company has said that Nigeria will receive a significant volume of the seven million…
- 22 Nov 2020
Meet Ogbuagu, Nigerian Doctor behind Historic Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine
Dr. Onyema E. Ogbuagu, a Nigerian-American is one of the medical masterminds behind the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough. Paul Kegame, President of Rwanda and Dr. Ogbuagu Dr. Ogbuagu is a twin…
- 3 Jan 2021
Medical Expert Urges Nigerians to Accept COVID-19 Vaccine
Professor Adekunle Ajayi, chief medical director, Federal Teaching Hospital( FETHI), Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has advised Nigerians to accept the COVID-19 vaccine whenever it is available. The health…
- 16 Mar 2021
How Africa Check Became the Only African Recipient of Google’s Funds to Counter COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation
The Google News Initiative (GNI) has named Africa Check as the only African recipient, among a total of 11 projects, to benefit from the new $3-million GNI Vaccine Counter-Misinformation Open Fund,…
- 3 Aug 2020
WHO Confirms COVID-19 Vaccines in Phase 3 Clinical Trials
Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general, World Health Organisation (WHO), Monday, said that a number of vaccines are now in phase three clinical trials to prevent COVID-19 pandemic. Ghebreyesus who…
- 7 Dec 2021
Gricd Partners NPHCDA to Deliver 4.2 million Doses of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines
Gricd, a cold chain technology company that uses the Internet of Things to enable last mile delivery of temperature-sensitive products, has teamed up with Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care…
- 28 Jun 2021
Nigeria Runs to India for Co-WIN App to Drive COVID-19 Vaccination
Nigeria is reportedly among 50 countries that have shown interest in having a Co-WIN like system to run their vaccination drive and India has promised to share the open source software free of cost.…
- 19 Jun 2020
Good News: Nigerians Create Unique Vaccine for Treatment of COVID-19
Nigerian Universities’ Scientists, under the aegis of COVID-19 Research Group, on Friday announced the discovery of a vaccine for the prevention of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Addressing a news…
- 4 Mar 2021
COVID-19 Vaccines Go on Sale @ Dark Market - Report
The entire globe is currently undergoing one of the largest and most complex vaccination campaigns in history, and, not surprisingly, scammers and sellers on the dark market have been eager to make a…
- 9 Dec 2020
COVID-19: Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Documents Hacked
Documents relating to the regulatory submission for Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate were “unlawfully accessed” during a cyberattack on the European Medicines Agency (EMA), Pfizer…
- 20 Apr 2020
COVID-19: WHO Says No Approved Vaccine Yet in Nigeria
There is no approved vaccine in Nigeria or any part of Africa for COVID-19, according to Dr Fiona Braka, team lead, WHO Immunisation, of World Health Organisation (WHO). Braka said that said…
- 1 Jun 2020
History as Nigerian Scientists Announce 2 Potential Vaccines for COVID-19
A group of scientists from different institutions in Nigeria coordinated by Prof. Kola Oloke, vice Chancellor, Precious Cornerstone University (PCU), Ibadan, has developed two potential vaccines that…