The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said the partial or full vaccination against the dreaded COVID-19 is not enough reason to drop non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) guard or a guarantee against infection. Ehanire said this on Monday in Abuja,…
Threats to Lives: Ehanire, Where is our COVID-19 vaccine? Magashi, where are the killer herdsmen? – Magnus Onyibe
The level of insecurity in our country is at such a frightening stage that in a recent travel advisory to her citizens, the Canadian authorities directed her nationals not to engage in nonessential visits to Nigeria. Not just that they…
Coronavirus 2.0: Could the invisible enemy be at the door again? – Magnus Onyibe
At a point, the second wave of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic seemed so farfetched. But with the number of cases of COVID-19 pandemic ramping up as reflected by the increase in the count of people testing positive for a disease…
Nigeria records 617 COVID-19 cases, total now 72,757
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 617 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday. In a Twitter update via its verified handle, the government agency said there are now 72,757 confirmed cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus…
How Nigeria is implementing tobacco control policies – FG (PremiumTimes)
The Nigerian government has called for collaboration from the global community towards the promotion and protection of public health policies from commercial interests of tobacco companies. Osagie Ehanire, the minister of state for health, while speaking Wednesday at the ongoing…