Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has insisted that he will not take the COVID-19 vaccine, adding that he is healthy and has no reason to do...
About 2.3 million Nigerians have indicated interest in taking COVID-19 vaccination within 24 hours, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said. It stated this...
Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja received 3.94 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the third country in Africa to get the shots through COVAX. An...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Thursday endorsed the use of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine for use in Nigeria. Director-General, NAFDAC, Prof....
The UK Government says that the Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) has announced that Nigeria will be one of the first countries to receive 16 million free...
Says country not disqualified No African country has been disqualified from accessing COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX facility, the World Health Organisation clarified in Abuja on...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disqualified Nigeria from the first round of countries to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti,...
A new coronavirus vaccine, Novavax has been shown to be 89 percent effective in large-scale UK trials. The Novavax jab is the first to show in...
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), says he has been vaccinated against coronavirus. Gates, who disclosed via a tweet on Friday...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said the 1,848 doses of COVID-19 vaccine allocated to the state are not sufficient. Executive Director of the National Primary...