Regional body Economic Committee of West African States (ECOWAS) has recommended that compensation be made to citizens of member nations who suffer any form of side effect as a result
The governors of Nigeria’s 36 states of the federation will on Thursday meet to discuss modalities for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines that arrived from India on Tuesday. The
After taking delivery of 3.92 million doses of Covishield vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Tuesday, India has promised Nigeria
Nigeria and Kenya are to receive Covid-19 vaccines from the UN-backed Covax programme on Tuesday. Kenya will get 1.25 million doses of the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine and vaccinations are expected to
Nigeria’s federal government has disclosed that it will receive the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from India on Monday March 1 provided that there is no change of plan.
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has without evidence said Covid-19 vaccines could harm the population and warning health officials in the country against acquiring vaccines. “The ministry of health should be careful, they should
Nigeria’s federal government has assured citizens that Covid-19 vaccines will not be hijacked or diverted by any group outside the distribution plan. There have been growing concerns that politicians may
World Health Organisation envoy on Covid-19 Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said actual physical quantities of Covid-19 vaccines will begin to arrive in twelve middle and low-income countries that have indicated
Usman Yusuf, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has said Nigeria state governors who have said they intend purchasing the Covid-19 vaccines don’t know what
India’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other by local company Bharat Biotech
Nigeria is not in the driving seat to demand the required number of vaccines the country needs because the country remains in the category of poor countries, a former Lagos state governorship candidate
Easily access major global news with a strong focus on Africa. As well as the main stories of the day, we like to accentuate positive stories about Africa across all genres including Politics, Business, Commerce, Science, Sports, Arts & Culture, Showbiz and Fashion.
We broadcast 24 hours a day from our studios in London and New York and can be seen here in the UK and across Europe on the Sky platform (Sky channel 516), Freeview (Channel 136) as well as in the USA on the Centric channel and also on the Hot bird platform, which transmits to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
© 2023 Arise News - Part of the Arise Media Group.
