Nigeria has spent $298 million on procurement of 29 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson jab. Besides, 14,093,873 eligible persons have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, while 5,252,406 eligible Nigerians have been fully vaccinated as at January 25, 2022. Also, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) is integrating childhood immunisation and other medicare in the current phase of Covid-19 mass vaccination. Speaking at the Covid-19 vaccination update Tuesday in Abuja, NPHCDA’s Executive Director (ED)/chief executive, Faisal Shuaib, linked emergence of the various variants to the large proportion of the eligible population yet to be vaccinated, thus giving…

Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith, has raised the alarm that if care is not taken, Nigeria may face shortage of policemen in the nearest future, which may make the campaign against crime and criminality more difficult. He made the observation at a one-day Southwest Zone police recruitment sensitisation forum at the Kola Daisi Civic Centre, Idi-Ape, Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday. Smith, retired Inspector-General of Police (IGP), noted that the strength of the Nigeria Police of many years was far below the United Nations recommended police-population ratio. He added that his fear stemmed from the inability of many states…