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Covid-19 Crises in UK and Nigeria. A Comparative Analysis

By Maryam Na-Allah From December 2019 till this day, the world has been thrown into a dystopian almost apocalyptic reality, that seems to have no happy endings. Since the beginning of the dystopian reality two years and some months ago, things seemed to...

Buhari Performs Groundbreaking for $300m African Medical Centre

President Muhammadu Buhari has said stronger partnership with the private sector will help in improving health facilities and access in the country, adding that a nation needs a healthy population to prosper. Speaking at the virtual groundbreaking ceremony of African Medical Centre of Excellence, a...

World Leaders must Unite to Address Covid-19, other Humanitarian Challenges – Buhari

Amid the global surge in cases of COVID-19, President Muhammadu Buhari has in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, stressed the need for world leaders to work together and reinforce partnerships to limit the catastrophic consequences of the pandemic. Speaking at Nigeria Day during...

FG to Begin Roll out of Covid-19 Boosters

The Presidential Steering Committee in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency has approved the administration of booster doses for persons that have completed 2 doses of AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer Bio-N-Tech or 1 dose of Johnson...

WAMY Sponsors Eye Surgery For 5,000 Persons In Jigawa

WAMY Sponsors Eye Surgery For 5,000 Persons In Jigawa   No fewer than 5,000 persons in Jigawa State will benefit from free cataract surgery already bankrolled by the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, WAMY, in collaboration with Mallam Inuwa Foundation. Aside sponsoring the eye surgery, WAMY and...

Medical Tourism Straining our Foreign Reserves – Emefiele

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CNN), Godwin Emefiele, has said medical tourism is straining Nigeria’s foreign reserves. The CBN governor spoke at an event to launch a privately-owned new 100-suit health facility, Duchess International Hospital, in Ikeja, Lagos. He called on the...