Tag: COVID-19 Vaccine
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I won’t take COVID-19 vaccine, I’m not a guinea pig – Oyedepo
The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners’ Chapel, David Oyedepo, says he won’t take COVID-19 vaccine jab, adding that he is not a guinea pig. The cleric stated this on Saturday during the church’s Covenant Hour of Prayer programme. He said, “I have never seen a generation where you force people…
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After rubbishing Covid-19 vaccine, Yahaya Bello finally accepts to administer same in Kogi
Kogi State Government has finally agreed to start administering the COVID-19 vaccine to residents. Recall that Governor Yahaya Bello insisted that he won’t allow his people to be used as “guinea pigs by vaccine manufacturers”. ALSO READ: Politicians playing games with COVID-19, says Kogi Gov The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) gave the…
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Elder Statesman, Edwin Clark receives COVID-19 Vaccine, sends message to Nigerians
Elder Statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark and members of his family on Monday received the first dose of the AstraZeneca jab. Clark and his family members received the vaccine at his Asokoro residence. He told newsmen shortly after receiving the vaccine that he did it publicly “to demonstrate to people that the vaccine…
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Photos: Lagos Governor, Deputy, others receive COVID-19 vaccine
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Friday took the first injection of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Sanwo-Olu took the injection at 3:03p.m. while Hamzat was injected at about 3:10p.m. at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Yaba. Today, I received the Oxford-AstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccine at the Infectious Diseases…
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Reports of N10bn COVID-19 vaccine distribution cost false, misleading – FG
The Federal Government has dismissed a newspaper report that it will be expending N10.6 billion on the distribution of the 3.9 million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the 36 states. Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, who spoke to State House correspondents on Saturday in Abuja,…
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ECOWAS recommends compensation for side effects, injury from Covid-19 vaccine
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Vaccine Task Force has recommended compensation for citizens who suffer side effects or injury from the COVID-19 vaccination. Prof. Stanley Okolo, Director-General of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), made the announcement on Saturday in Abuja. He spoke at the 5th Regional Steering Committee meeting of the…
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UPDATED: Buhari, Osinbajo receive COVID-19 vaccine on Live TV
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have received the AstraZeneca vaccine jab in Abuja. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the Federal Government on Friday launched the vaccination exercise in the country. Buhari took the jab on Saturday at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The vaccine was…
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I won’t take COVID-19 vaccine, there’s nothing wrong with me – Yahaya Bello
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Friday said he would not take COVID-19 vaccine as he is hale and hearty. Bello, in an interview on Channels TV’s ‘Today Politics’, said President Muhammadu Buhari could take the vaccine, but that he would not. “Mr President is the leader of this country. I respect him so high;…
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Threats To Lives: Ehanire, Where Is Our Covid-19 Vaccine? Magashi, Where Are The Killer Herdsmen?, By Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus Onyibe The level of insecurity in our country is at such a frightening stage that in a recent travel advisory to her citizens, the Canadian authorities directed her nationals not to engage in nonessential visits to Nigeria. Not just that they face the risk of being infected by the novel coronavirus, but to…
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Why children won’t be given Covid-19 vaccine in Nigeria – FG
The federal government has explained why children in the country will not be receiving the approved COVID-19 vaccines when it finally arrives. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, while speaking at Monday’s weekly briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, said the vaccines have not…