By Juliet Nwabiani Okafor @AuntyJVIN

The first wave of the much-expected Covid-19 Covax AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines finally arrived in Nigeria from Mumbai, India, this Tuesday, March 2, 2021, through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Nigeria is the third West African country, after Ghana and Cote'Ivoire, to get the initial shipments of the Covid-19 vaccines.

 
  • * Delivery First Of Many Shipments Of The Vaccine Expected Over The Coming Weeks

By Juliet Nwabiani Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN

In a major step forward towards the changing of the course of the Covid-19 pandemic globally, Ghana, on Wednesday, receives the first doses of the Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine which have been delivered to this West African country through COVAX.

 
  • * Says Over 30 Herbal Medicine Undergoing Review For Listing

By Juliet Nwabiani Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, said the regulatory agency has approved the use of AstraZeneca Vaccine for use in the prevention/treatment of Covid-19 in Nigeria.

 

By Our Correspondent

Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has explained that she had moved the agency from insolvency to solvency by paying off its N3.01 billion debt she inherited on assumption of office within one year. Speaking in Abuja during a virtual NAFDAC Staff Recognition Award event and DG’s Annual Message, Mrs. Adeyeye, who said there was total insanity in the agency when she took over as head of NAFDAC, explained that her administration specifically inherited the sum of N2.3 billion.

 

By Suzan Okenwa Senate Correspondent, NASS)

Former Deputy Senate President and Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has expressed the readiness of the Senate and the National Assembly to partner with the Nigerian Bottling Company, NBC, and the Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance, FBRA, to fight the menace of plastic pollution through recycling.

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