Nigeria has yet to take delivery of any vaccines, despite being the largest economy on the continent.
The virus, though rare, is spread by fruit bats and can cause flu-like symptoms and brain damage.
Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, is the epicentre of the pandemic with over 22,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
A spokesman of NCDC described the sale of the vaccine as “crazy”.
Similarly, one of the president’s aides Bashir Ahmad was spotted at a friend’s wedding in Bauchi without a face mask or maintaining social distancing.
Experts caution against drinking water immediately after consuming sugarcane juice.
Nigeria’s active COVID-19 cases in the isolation centres stood at 24,317 as of January 29.
Health researcher Behzad Maleki said male genitalia “should be declared a high-risk organ by the World Health Organisation.”
France has recorded more than three million cases and 75,000 deaths linked to coronavirus.
Efforts to speak with the Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Prof. Akin Abayomi, were unsuccessful.
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