London, Jan. 26, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has fired the heads of the country’s armed forces-army chiefs whom he appointed when he first took office in 2015. In a surprise move, he also tweeted the names of their replacements. I have accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service. ...

London, Jan 22, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria’s president has approved the release of 6.45 billion naira ($16.94 million) to set up oxygen production plants in 38 sites to help treat COVID-19 patients as authorities contend with a sharp rise in cases, the government said on Thursday. Africa’s most-populous country, where officials recorded low coronavirus numbers through much ...

London, Jan. 19, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria  is exploring the option of local production of covid-19 vaccine under licensed agreement and has held discussions with a producer. Consequently, Nigerian government has released the sum of N10billion, about $26.2b as take-off grant to support the initiative-domestic covid-19 vaccine production. This is according to the Minister of Health, Dr ...

London, Jan. 12, 2021 (AltAfrica)-kidnap and kidnap galore in Nigeria. Now it appears Nigerian kidnappers have turn against themselves in a case of dog eats dog This was the situation when a notorious kidnapper, Mohammed Ahmadu, known for terrorising commuters on the Abuja-Kaduna and Abuja-Lokoja highways was abducted by another kidnap gang and had to ...

London, Jan. 6, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria is establishing 36 oxygen plants across the country with one in each of the 36 states of the federation to alleviate the shortage of the product that has become essential in the management of critical covid-19 patient This comes as CACOVID commences the distribution of 100 oxygen cylinders per day ...

London, Jan. 5, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria has slam yet another increase in the price of electricity on its teeming citizens despite the fact that Nigerians are yet to come to terms with the last increase in electricity tariff The new increment is coming barely two months after the implementation of the controversial hike proposed in October, ...

London, Dec. 28, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigerian doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says COVID-19 vaccines imported into the country must undergo clinical trial before it is administered to Nigerians. The NMA President, Prof. Innocent Ujah, who made this known while featuring on a local TV station Channels TV, said reactions to vaccines ...

London, Dec. 22, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria’s population as hit record 214 million with 63.5 percent youths below 25yrs putting a severe strain on a nation suffering from a slowing economy and declining revenue to provide enough schools and health facilities. The latest estimate is from the research work produced in collaboration between Nigeria’s National Population Commission ...

London, Dec. 22, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The new covid-19 variant currently causing panic and concern in the United Kingdom and the European Union has been identified in Nigeria by scientists at the Africa Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), at the Redeemers University in Ede, Osun State. The new variant, detected in the UK ...

London, Dec. 22, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria has joined other parts of the world to impose new restrictions amid the rising cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in various parts of the country. READ ALSO: RWANDA MAKES COVID-19 TEST COMPULSORY BEFORE HOTELS BOOKINGS New regulations and social distancing rules are being introduced across multiple European countries in an attempt ...