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COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has disclosed that 80million doses of vaccines would be available in 2021 to cover 40 per cent of the country’s population and another 60 million by 2022. He made the disclosure at Chatham House Event, London, United Kingdom, tagged “The role […]
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COVID-19, Health, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), Presidency
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
The Presidency has expressed worries over the reluctance of Nigerians to comply with the Executive Order that makes mask-wearing and observation of social distancing in the public mandatory. A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), on Sunday, explained that President Muhammadu Buhari introduced the order with the […]
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Articles, Columnists, COVID-19, Health, NNP Columnists, Oseloka H. Obaze
Saturday, January 30th, 2021
Oseloka H. Obaze | Awka, Nigeria | January 30, 2021 – A chain is as strong as its weakest link. That cliché underlines certain assumptions, oftentimes, dangerous and egregious. As a public figure and member of the Nigeria’s attentive public, I took some measures, personal and otherwise, to protect my family, staff and myself from Covid-19. […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Sunday, January 24th, 2021
Larry King, the American talk show legend is dead. The 87-year-old broadcaster died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, USA, says Ora Media Company, which he co-founded. The firm said his funeral arrangements would be announced later. A statement by Ora read: “With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the sad death of our co-founder, […]
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COVID-19, Governors, Headlines, Health
Thursday, January 21st, 2021
NGF disassociates self from Yahaya Bello’s comments By Chuks Okocha The Nigeria Governors Forum has set up a committee of experts to advise on the procurement of COVID-19 vaccine. Also, the governors have dissociated themselves from the comments of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello that the vaccine would kill people. A communique of the […]
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COVID-19, Health, Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion to support domestic vaccine production to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire made the disclosure at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing Monday. ‘The Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion to support […]
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COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Friday, January 15th, 2021
From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented that the nation’s ranks of dedicated and resourceful patriotic leaders have been depleted by the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. According to Obasanjo, resourceful patriots who served the nation in various capacities including, the late Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Godwin Kanu, rtd. had succumed to deaths through COVID-19 19. […]
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COVID-19, Headlines, Health, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, January 12th, 2021
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over increasing rate at which civil servants test positive for COVID-19. Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, in a statement said the government was concerned at the increasing rate of COVID-19 positivity among civil servants. The memo addressed to all Accounting Officers, said they should […]
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COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Tuesday, January 12th, 2021
By Abankula Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has welcomed efforts by a team of Nigerian scientists investigating the efficacy of Ivermectin drug in the treatment of COVID-19. The team, which is composed of Nigerian scholars at home and abroad, has also submitted its report on the usefulness of the drug to the World Health Organisation. The […]
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COVID-19, Health, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, January 8th, 2021
The Federal Government has appealed to Nigerians not to be hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it gets to Nigeria. Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency(NPHCDA), made the appeal at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 on Thursday in Abuja. Reports have it that Nigeria […]