Profile Of New NCDC Director-General Adetifa
Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa has been appointed as the new Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The Senior Special...
Chikwe Ihekweazu
President Buhari Appoints New DG For NCDC
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease...
NCDC Boss, Ihekweazu Gets Fresh International Appointment
The current Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has been appointed as an Assistant Director at the...
NCDC Confirms 15 Cases Of Monkeypox In Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has confirmed 15 cases of Monkeypox and registered 59 suspected cases of the...
FG Assures Health Workers Of Protection Against Infectious Disease
The federal government has reiterated its commitment to the safety and protection of all health workers in the country against infectious diseases....
NCDC Confirms Outbreak Of ‘Bird Flu’ In 7 Northern States
The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has confirmed bird flu attack on seven states in the northern region...
FG Vows To Prosecute Travellers With Fake COVID-19 Test Results
The Federal Government has vowed to arrest and prosecute travellers found to be in possession of fake Coronavirus test results. Director-General of...
Fears As Another COVID-19 Variant Surfaces In Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed the emergence of a new variant of COVID-19 in Nigeria and 15 other countries....
Nigerian Government Raises Alarm Over Fresh Ebola Threat
The Federal Government has warned Nigerians about the outbreak of Ebola in neighboring countries. The chairman of the COVID-19 Task Force (PTF)...
Hospitals Won’t Be Able To Handle Serious COVID-19 Cases Soon – NCDC
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Monday, noted that Nigeria is getting to a critical stage...
NCDC DG Lists States Not Conducting Enough COVID-19 Tests
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has accused some states of not conducting enough coronavirus (COVID-19)...
COVID-19: Don’t Hold Christmas Carol Services – FG Warns Churches
The Federal Government’s Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has warned churches against conducting Christmas carol services this year. The warning was...
NCDC DG Speaks On Nigeria Producing Coronavirus Vaccine
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, says Nigeria does not have enough capacity for production...
Coronavirus: NCDC Warns Against COVID-19 Resurgence In Nigeria
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Tuesday, September 29 warned against the fresh eruption of COVID-19 pandemic in the country....
COVID-19 May Be Transmitted Through Air – NCDC
The development was revealed by the Director-General of the NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on...
COVID-19: NYSC Reveals Plans To Commence 2020 Batch ‘A’ Orientation Camp
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said it is awaiting a go ahead from the Presidential Task Force (PTF) to commence the...
Coronavirus Just Beginning In Nigeria – Ihekweazu
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of NCDC, while speaking at the House of Representatives on Monday noted that COVID-19 is just beginning...
NCDC Releases New Guidelines On Discharge of COVID-19 Patients
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, revealed that a negative laboratory test result is no longer...
Federal Government Removes Antiviral Drugs From Coronavirus Treatment Guidelines
The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, issued a new guideline for treatment of COVID-19 during the daily briefing of the...
COVID-19: Over 800 Health Workers Have Contracted The Virus – Ihekweazu
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu has noted that 812 health workers have contracted COVID-19. Ihekweazu said this while...