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Health

July 7, 2021

N5,000 cash handout, school meals to reduce Nigerians’ poverty: FG

The federal government says it introduced the N5,000 cash handout, school meals and other programmes under the NSIP to reduce Nigerians’ poverty.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouk
July 7, 2021

FG spends N1.5 billion monthly feeding Kano schoolchildren: Ganduje

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje says the federal government spends N1.5 billion monthly on the school feeding programme in Kano.

July 6, 2021

Quack nurses prevalent in private clinics: NANNM

“Bayelsa is one of the states that churns out the highest number of apprenticeships for quack nurses in hospitals and clinics.”

July 5, 2021

136 students test positive for COVID-19

No fewer than 136 students in a high school have tested positive for the COVID-19 Delta variant, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed.

July 5, 2021

Buhari to Nigerians: Pray for Pope Francis as he undergoes surgery

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians and the global community to pray for the Catholic spiritual head, Pope Francis, as he undergoes surgery.

Pope and Buhari
July 2, 2021

FG to give rural women family planning injections

The federal government says it will soon provide rural women with family planning injections they can use on their own.

Rural Women
July 2, 2021

Kaduna seals off hospital over tax

The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) has sealed off three hotels and a hospital over N22.2 million tax liabilities.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai
July 1, 2021

U.S., others to finance vaccine production in South Africa with €600 million

U.S. DFC has announced a joint financing package of €600 million for Aspen Pharmacare Holdings in South Africa to expand local vaccine manufacturing capacity.

Joe Biden
July 1, 2021

Vaccine Discrimination: COVAX Astrazeneca excluded from EU-approved vaccine list

The European Union has excluded the AstraZeneca vaccine from its list of approved COVID-19 jabs required for entry and travel within its region.

European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen and Serum Institute of India CEO, Adar Poonawalla
July 1, 2021

COVID-19: FG to deport passengers, sanction airlines

President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime has imposed fresh rules on airlines that include deporting passengers without a 72-hour PCR test result.

President Muhammadu Buhari