Chikwe Ihekweazu

Nigeria on Monday recorded its lowest number of daily new COVID-19 cases since December when the federal government declared a second wave of the pandemic. According to figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control late…

The Senate leadership was locked in discussion with the executive for over two and half hours on Monday over the readiness of the latter to purchase the Covid-19 vaccines which will gulp N377.6 billion over a period of two years. The…

President Donald Trump of United States has fulfilled his promise of delivering 200 life-saving ventilators to Nigeria. The ventilators were handed over to Nigeria on Tuesday by the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard. The…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is set to commission another COVID-19 testing centre in Kano. Director-General of the agency, Chikwe Ihekweazu, made the announcement through his Twitter handle on Tuesday. While…

As the African continent contends with the sharp rise in the spread of Covid-19 and the misinformation on the virus, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and similar agencies from 11 African countries are getting free ad…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday dismissed as absolutely false, social media reports on purported outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in cattle from the northern part of the country. The Director General NCDC, Chikwe…

Seven months after being recommended for dismissal, President Muhammadu Buhari has finally sacked the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf. A panel set by the Secretary to the Government of the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday confirmed 37 new cases of Lassa fever recorded between February 4 and February 10. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known on Wednesday in a…

The Federal Government is working relentlessly to curb the outbreaks of diseases in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. NCDC’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this at the center’s 3rd…