Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Mohammed Munirat Nasir (Zamfara State Correspondent)
Zamfara state governor, Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, on Monday at the Government House Gusau, received the AstraZeneca vaccine, signifying the official commencement of the Covid -19 vaccination in the state.
By JIVNN Okafor (Managing Editor) @CeleOkaf11
The Dutch government of the Netherlands, at the weekend, joined a few western countries that have so far suspended the vaccination of their citizens with the Covid-19 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, overgrowing global concerns about its possible side effects.
By JIVNN Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN
The Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that no new cases of death have been recorded from coronavirus infection since the vaccination exercise began across the country.
By JVINN Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned all Nigerians on what it described as the existence of fake covid-19 vaccine in the country. It also warned the Nigerian public to “refrain from procuring the vaccine online to avoid falling into the wrong hands of merchants of death.”
By JVINN Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said the agency will only give approval to Covid-19 Herbal medicines that are backed by proper research. NAFDAC also also said such herbal medicine must be anti-viral to cater for various illnesses.
By Juliet Nwabiani Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN
Italian medicine agency, AIFA, on Thursday, said it has banned the use of a batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after the death of a Naval serviceman.
By Juliet Nwabiani Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN
Denmark, Norway and Iceland, on Thursday, temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over concerns about patients developing post-jab blood clots, as the manufacturer and Europe’s medicines watchdog insisted the vaccine was safe.
By Juliet Nwabiani Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN
Following a general apprehension that the Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine administered on President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday may have been having a severe adverse effect on them, the Presidency has assured that they are in relatively good condition.
By Juliet Nwabiani Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN
The entire globe is currently undergoing one of the largest and most complex vaccination campaigns in history, and, not surprisingly, scammers and sellers on the dark market have been eager to make a profit off the process.
By Juliet Nwabiani Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN
A Japanese woman in her 60s reportedly died several days after being administered a dose of the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare had announced on Tuesday.
By Juliet Nwabiani Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN
Media reports, on Wednesday, quoted South Korean officials in the capital city of Seoul, saying that Two South Korean citizens, who had multiple underlying diseases, died after receiving AstraZeneca’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.
By Juliet Nwabiani Okafor @AuntyJVIN
The first wave of the much-expected Covid-19 Covax AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines finally arrived in Nigeria from Mumbai, India, this Tuesday, March 2, 2021, through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Nigeria is the third West African country, after Ghana and Cote'Ivoire, to get the initial shipments of the Covid-19 vaccines.
