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Chief Justice Of Nigeria Tests Positive For COVID-19

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has tested positive for COVID-19. His colleague at the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, said yesterday in Abuja at the unveiling ofRead More

Vaccine Will End COVID-19 – Nigerian-born Pfizer Researcher

Nigerian-American researcher and medical doctor, Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu
Allays fears of long-term adverse effects The Nigerian-American researcher and medical doctor, Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu, has said Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will eradicate the COVID-19 pandemic. Ogbuagu, at aRead More

Sanwo-Olu Isolates After Close Aide Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
After one of his closest aides tested positive for COVID-19, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has gone into self-isolation immediately, Professor Akin Abayomi, the state’s Commissioner for Health, inRead More

Buratai, Others Self-isolate As COVID-19 Scare Hits Army

Ex-Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai
GOC’s death from virus causes panic COAS scales down son’s wedding The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, General Officers Commanding (GOCs), field commanders and other participants, whoRead More

W’Bank Considers Nigerian States’ $1.5bn Loan Request Next Week

World Bank’s Country Director for Nigeria, Mr. Shubham Chaudhuri
Insists deepening reforms critical in mitigating COVID-19 crisis The World Bank will next Monday deliberate on a fresh loan request of a total of $1.5 billion by states in Nigeria.Read More

Japan Residents To Get Free COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine
Japan will give free coronavirus vaccines to all of its residents under a bill passed Wednesday, as the nation battles record numbers of daily cases. The bill, which says theRead More

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton contracts COVID-19

World champion Lewis Hamilton
World champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for coronavirus and will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, Formula One’s governing body FIA announced Tuesday. In accordance with COVID-19Read More

New Study Explains Why Africa Defied Dire Predictions To Survive Deadly COVID-19

COVID-19
Experience in managing previous infectious diseases like Ebola, Tuberculosis, Lassa fever comes handy Timely lockdown, early surveillance, contact tracing at airports help Exposure to similar viruses in the past mayRead More

COVID-19: Rising Cases, No Plans For Another Lockdown – SGF

Boss Mustapha
Stricter measures to strengthen system likely ahead of yuletide Links rise in new cases to protests With the economy now back in recession, the nation is definitely not contemplating aRead More

OPEC Projects 11m bpd Oil Demand Shortfall By December

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Banks on COVID-19 vaccines for market recovery US company, Moderna, announces 95% efficient vaccine By Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Martin Ifijeh in New Jersey, USA The Organisation of PetroleumRead More