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COVID-19, Headlines, Health, Religion
Thursday, August 20th, 2020

Pope Francis on Wednesday warned against any prospect that rich people would get priority for a coronavirus vaccine. In remarks during his weekly public audience, Francis said: ”the pandemic is a crisis. You don’t come out of it the same —either better or worse.″ He added that “we must come out better.” The pontiff said […]
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COVID-19, Health, House, Legislature
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila By Folasade Akpan Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and some African Speakers of Parliaments say there is an urgent need to push for debt cancellation for the continent from multilateral and bilateral partners. A statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Lanre Lasisi, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, said […]
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COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 410 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 49,895. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle, said four deaths were recorded in the country. The health agency said that a multi-sectoral national […]
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Africa & World Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
By Cecilia Ologunagba The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says there are over 25,000 COVID-19 deaths on the African continent. The UN health agency gave the update on its regional official Twitter account @WHOAFRO. WHO stated on its dashboard that “there are over 1.1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the […]
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Africa & World Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health, NNP News
Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
(NNP) Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is the first to approve a vaccine for the coronavirus that would be used to vaccinate the Russian people against the virus infection. However, this declaration is coming against the fact that the country has had less than two months of human testing, an important phrase that […]
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American Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
By Adedayo Akinwale and Udora Orizu The federal government on Tuesday finally received the 200 ventilators donated to it by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, for Covid-19 response. On April 28, Trump had, in a phone call conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari, promised that his administration would send ventilators to Nigeria. Speaking […]
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Headlines, Health, Medical Professionals
Friday, August 7th, 2020
By Taiwo Okanlawon Election into executive positions in the Enugu State Chapter of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) descended into chaos after thugs allegedly sponsored by a faction of the body invaded the venue of the election. The much-advertised election was holding at the Michael Okpara square before the thugs stormed the venue with dangerous weapons […]
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Aviation, COVID-19, Health, Latest Politics
Friday, August 7th, 2020
PTF on COVID-19 Chairman, Boss Mustapha. *Virus now in 536 LGs as FG extends eased lockdown by four weeks By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA-The federal government has expressed its readiness to reopen the nation’s airspace for international flights in ‘a matter of weeks.’ This was as it lamented the growing wave of community transmission of Covid-19, […]
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COVID-19, Health, Latest Politics
Friday, August 7th, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has directed state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to enforce the use of face masks in public places across the country. The Chairman, Presidential Task force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, made this known at the daily briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Mustapha, while reviewing the activities […]
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American Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Wednesday, August 5th, 2020
By Agency Reporter Instead of speeding off in a $200,000 Lamborghini Urus, a Texas man, Lee Price III got a slower ride to jail on Tuesday. This was after US authorities arrested him for using $1.6 million in government pandemic aid to go on a spending spree. Lee Price III, 29, was charged with fraud […]