No fewer than 25 prospective corps members, including a nursing mother, have tested positive for coronavirus at the Gombe NYSC camp ground located in Amada, Akko LGA. Confirming the matter on Saturday,…
Category: Health
Nigerian Doctors Begin Strike Amid COVID-19 Surge
Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, have unanimously agreed to embark on an indefinite strike from Monday. According to Daily Post, the doctors reached the decision following their National…
Tokyo Games: Panic as 12 police officers guarding athletes at Olympic Village contract COVID-19
Tokyo 2020 Olympics postponed until 2021 due to Coronavirus Pandemic The Tokyo 2020 Olympic is facing a fresh coronavirus panic after 12 police officers guarding the Olympic Village reportedly tested positive for…
COVID-19: FG to Spend over N35bn For Third Wave as 36 States set to Receive N1bn Each
The Federal Government is set to release N36bn to states as part of measures to curb the rising COVID-19 cases and prevent the third wave of the virus. The Benue State Commissioner…
Man lands in trouble for stealing air conditioner from Osun COVID-19 isolation centre
The Police Command in Osun on Tuesday arrested a burglar who allegedly stole an air-conditioning system from a COVID-19 isolation centre in Osogbo. Mr Olawale Olokode, the Commissioner of Police in the…
Nigeria Shouldn’t Rely On Developed Countries For COVID-19, Okonjo-Iweala Declares
Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed her worries over the reliance of Africa countries on developed countries for COVID vaccine. According to Okonjo-Iweala,…
Panic As Nigeria Records 272 Covid-19 Cases In Nine States
It was confirmed that one person died of COVID-19 complications on Saturday while 272 new infections were recorded across nine states. VAM News learnt that the new figure represents a decline from…
Cholera: 30 die in Jigawa as casualties rise in other states
At least 30 people died from cholera in Jigawa State in the past month, an official has said. In Premium Times’s report, the Jigawa casualties add to the increasing death toll from…
COVID 19 Delta Variant: FG Places FCT, Lagos, Five Other States On Red Alert
Following the emergence of the Delta variant of coronavirus infection in the country and the rising number of new cases and hospitalisations, the Nigerian government has put six states of…
How to cope with stress and stay healthy
Stress is inevitable for humans as it can be an offshoot of different things from work to relationship with people. There are many mechanisms to cope with stress so as to forestall…