Nigeria Approves Clinical Malaria Vaccine for Children
NAFDAC boss Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who addressed journalists in Abuja, on Monday, said the vaccine was for prevention of clinical malaria in children from five months to 36 months of age.
NAFDAC boss Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who addressed journalists in Abuja, on Monday, said the vaccine was for prevention of clinical malaria in children from five months to 36 months of age.
He said N200bn, $7m raked in from sale of marginal fields.
The ninistry expressed displeasure and urged unions to sheath sword.
The convoy of clearly marked embassy vehicles was attacked on Monday, and reports link the assailants to the RSF, the paramilitary group battling Sudan’s military.
“Any attempts to deny people the right to vote in any locality on the basis that they do not belong in that place is condemnable in the strongest possible terms,” he said.
“It is based on unverified, unclear and unproven information, to which we have to express our strong dissatisfaction and objection.”
The entrance to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos was blocked as aviation workers urged passengers to make alternative plans.
It was precipitated by an altercation between some soldiers deployed to guard crude oil pipelines in the area and local vigilantes.
He said Lagos is “the crown sub-national jewel of the African economy.”
Africa’s most populous country ssys 50 million vulnerable citizens identified and registered to receive N5,000 cash each.
Nearly 100 people have been killed, a doctors’ union said, and one estimate put the number of injured at 1,100.
Isah had his retirement extended from last year to April 24, 2023 but there are allegations he has started lobbying for another extension.
He along with his Chadian counterpart called for a ceasefire to give room for negotiations.
He identified terrorism in the Sahel as a common global challenge.
The clashes capped months of heightened tensions between the military and its partner-turned-rival, the Rapid Support Forces group.
Year-on-year, the inflation rate was 6.13 per cent higher compared to 15.92 per cent in March 2022.
According to police, the youths were ambushed and killed when they went to the bush to search for Mallam Shati Gawi, who was abducted and later killed by the suspected terrorists.
The most common violations are recruitment or use of children by armed groups with 700 verified cases, followed by abductions of children with 693 incidents, and killing and maiming, with 675 incidents.
It said Nigerian authorities haven’t carried out a single credible investigation into the security failures that left children vulnerable to terrorist atrocities.
Witnesses reported ‘confrontations’, explosions and gunfire near a base held by the Rapid Support Forces in south Khartoum.
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