‘Nigeria waited too long before acting against Coronavirus’ – Professor Oyewale Tomori FAS. (Professor of Virology, Immediate Past President, The Nigerian Academy of Science) – Interview on Channels TV. The coronavirus pandemic has hit Nigeria, with over 70 cases confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Past President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Professor Oyewale Tomori FAS talks to BBC on COVID-19 in Africa. Watch interview here
Regrettably, Nigeria has, during the last one week, seen a dramatic increase in the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases. It is now time for a national lock down, especially now that the disease has invaded the highest level of...
The Nigerian Academy of Science held its 1st NAS Annual Scientific Conference on the 4th and 5th of February, 2020 in Lagos. The conference, themed “The Role of Science in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framed around five...
Nigeria Academy of Science (NAS) has raised the alarm over the impact of Lassa fever yearly resurgence, saying since the first case was reported in Nigeria 50 years ago in January 1969, a total of 16,783 suspected cases have...
A total of 1,047 Nigerians have died of Lassa fever since the first reported case in 1969, the Nigerian Academy of Science, NAS, has stated. The NAS is the apex and official science academy of Nigeria, established in 1977...
As the number of cases of Lassa fever continues to rise all over the country, President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof. Mosto Onuoha, has called on the Federal Government to declare the ravaging disease a ‘public health...
