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Nigerian police say a church collapsed in southern Delta State, killing at least three people, including two children. Nigeria’s building standards have been in the spotlight since November, when a 21-story building collapsed in Lagos, killing 45 people.   Rescue operations by the police and emergency responders continued overnight at the site of the Salvation […]

Nigeria has confirmed 422 new cases of the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19.   Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control NCDC confirmed the cases on Wednesday morning via its official Facebook page.   According to NCDC “The 422 new cases are reported from 15 States – Rivers (178), Kwara (87), FCT (57), Borno (20), Kaduna […]

WASHINGTON — The risk of dying from cancer in the United States has fallen by nearly a third in three decades, thanks to earlier diagnoses, better treatments and less smoking, an analysis said Wednesday.The cancer death rate for men and women fell 32% …

Authority of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has warned that all unvaccinated staff would be barred from accessing the premises with effect from Monday, 17th January, 2022.   This was contained in a Statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister on Media and Strategic Communication, Malam Abubakar Sani and made […]

Nigeria has received one million doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Greece   The Foreign Minister of Greece, Nikos Dendias said that the donation was part of Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis contribution to the fight against COVID-19.   Mr Dendias made this known at an event that also saw the signing of […]

Nigeria has confirmed 766 new cases of the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19.   Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC confirmed the cases on Sunday morning via its official Facebook page.       The NCDC noted that the 766 new cases were recorded from 13 States “Lagos-261, Anambra-208, Rivers-159, Kaduna-42, Gombe-25, FCT-20, Osun-19, […]

More than 2.6 mln coronavirus cases were registered around the world in the last 24 hours, which is the highest daily rate for the entire pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported.   Thus, the organization reported about 296,496,809 cases and 5,462,631 deaths. The number of new cases increased per day by 2,618,130, deaths – […]

Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 814 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of the confirmed cases to 247,009.   The NCDC made this known on its official website on Friday.   The total of number of discharged now stand at217,832 and 3066 deaths recorded.   The NCDC listed the States […]

The total number of COVID-19 cases registered worldwide passed 300 million on Friday, with the Omicron variant’s rapid spread setting new infection records in dozens of countries over the last week.   In the past seven days, 34 countries have recorded their highest number of weekly cases since the start of the pandemic, including 18 […]

The Executive Secretary, Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Nusirat Elelu, has said that about 445, 808 people have been vaccinated in Kwara with both Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines for first and second dose as part of efforts to forestall the spread of virus in the state.   Elelu disclosed this in Ilorin, […]