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The Federal Government Monday, February 28, advised Nigerians to seek information on the treatment of some diseases locally before thinking of going

The research effort, which recently concluded its animal trial based on an approval from the Oyo State ministry of health, has been listed by the WHO as number 61 out of 185 vaccine candidates globally.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reiterated his call for peace and unity in Nigeria. In his Independence Day speech, the President said all hands must

INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTY FIRST INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, FRIDAY 1ST OCTOBER, 2021. Citizens of Nigeria. It is with full gratitude to God that today, we celebrate Nigeria’s sixty first Independence Anniversary. For 1st of October 1960 to happen, all […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will invest in and support pharmaceutical and research agencies to developed vaccines for COVID-19 locally.

The Nigeria Ethnic Youth Leaders Council has lauded the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over the bank’s Healthcare Sector Research and Development Intervention Scheme.

TODAY March 11, 2021 The African Centre for Justice and Human Right (ACJHR) led by Barrister Nduka Edede Chinwendu has lauded the Central Bank of Nigeria for its Healthcare Sector Research and Development Intervention Scheme (HSRDIS). Under the HSRDIS, grants are provided to researchers and healthcare institutions for the development of vaccines, drugs and herbal medicines. The ACJHR sees this move by the CBN as a pathway to healthcare security for all Nigerians. Like other policies earlier i...

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA The Nigeria Ethnic Youth Leaders Council has lauded the Governor of the  Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over the bank’s Healthcare Sector Research and Development Intervention Scheme. The council, which is made up of the Arewa Consultative Youth Movement, Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Youth Movement, Niger Delta Youth Council, Oduduwa Youths and Middle Belt Youths, says the move will make Nigeria a global vaccine development and medical tourism hub in future. A statemen...

CBN invests N85.9bn in health sector On Kindly Share This Story: …As SGF says Nigeria must mass produce vaccines …CACOVID donates incinerator, 260 oxygen cylinder to LASG By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has spent the sum of N85.89 billion on its Health Sector Intervention Facility (HSIF). CBN governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this, in Abuja, yesterday, while disbursing the sum of N253.54 million to five researchers for the development of Nigerian C...

•Mustapha, Mamora hail Emefiele By James Emejo The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday disbursed a total sum of N253.54 million grant to five health researchers under the CBN’s Healthcare Sector Research and Development Intervention Scheme (HSRDIS) to aid the development of vaccines and drugs to combat communicable and non-communicable diseases, including COVID-19. The scheme is part of the apex bank’s policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic to spur the development of vaccines and dr...