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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, Who Railed Against Mining Companies, Dies

Ayomide Oyewole 18/03/2021

John Magufuli, Tanzania’s firebrand president who dismissed the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and urged voters to gather in churches and mosques to protect themselves against it, has died, leaving behind a mixed legacy and questions over the leadership of his gold-producing nation. He was 61 years old. Tanzania’s Vice President Samia Sulhu Hassan reported […]Read More

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AstraZeneca Vaccine has no Side Effect –NAFDAC DG

Ayomide Oyewole 12/03/2021

Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, says the Astrazeneca vaccine recently inaugurated and distributed to states to treat COVID-19 has no side effect. Adeyeye, who stated this on Thursday in Abuja, shortly after she got vaccinated, said that NAFDAC went through the application dossier of […]Read More

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Lagos Begins Covid-19 Vaccine Roll Out Weekend – Sanwo-Olu

Ayomide Oyewole 10/03/2021

•W.H.O Acknowledges State Govt’s Leadership in Disease Control Lagos State will start rolling out Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines at the weekend, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu confirmed on Wednesday. Sanwo-Olu said a steering committee set up for the vaccine administration was in its final stage of preparation for the deployment of the vaccine, confirming that the State had […]Read More

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Lagos SSG Charges Women To Rise Above Archaic Cultural Practices,

Ayomide Oyewole 10/03/2021

The Secretary to the Lagos State Government (SSG), Mrs. Folashade Sherifat Jaji, has charged women to rise above archaic cultural practices and traditions in order to improve their socio-economic value as well as to make a difference in society and the world at large. She gave the charge today at the maiden edition of ‘Women-in-Uniform’, […]Read More

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Nigeria Receives First Batch of COVID-19 Vaccines

Tolani Giwa 02/03/2021

Nigeria has taken delivery of the 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, making it the third West African country to take delivery under the COVAX scheme, after Ghana and Ivory Coast. “I AM HERE, NIGERIA,” National Primary Health Care Development Agency tweeted on Tuesday. Over the coming months, Nigeria expects 16 million doses from COVAX, […]Read More

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NAFDAC Receives Dossiers For Chinese Vaccine, Others For Evaluation –

Ayomide Oyewole 16/02/2021

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has received dossiers for the Chinese vaccine and three others for evaluation amid the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in the country. This is according to the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, who addressed reporters in Abuja on Monday during a briefing by the Presidential Task […]Read More

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South Africa Suspends Vaccinations As Worries Grow Over AstraZeneca Shot

Tolani Giwa 08/02/2021

South Africa suspended the start of its AstraZeneca inoculation programme over concerns the shot does not work on a new variant, with WHO experts due to meet Monday to discuss the vaccine already facing questions about its efficacy for over-65s. A trial showed the vaccine provides only “minimal” protection against mild to moderate Covid-19 caused […]Read More

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Ahead of African Vaccination Campaigns, Skepticism Takes Hold

Tolani Giwa 04/02/2021

Conspiracy theories, mistrust and patchy communication have contributed to a flourishing of scepticism about Covid-19 vaccines in African countries, experts say, posing potential dangers to future immunisation campaigns. Anti-vaccine sentiment, often fed by rumours spread on social media, is already thriving in the West. But a similar dynamic is at play across Africa, according to […]Read More

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Nigeria Records 1,634 New COVID-19 Cases

Tolani Giwa 03/02/2021

Nigeria on Tuesday reported 1,634 new COVID-19 cases. The new daily figure, which indicated a sharp increase from the 676 infections reported in the previous 24 hours, raised the total number of cases in the country to 133,552. Also, at least six people died from COVID-19 on Tuesday in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) […]Read More

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COVID-19: SANWO-OLU EXTENDS RESUMPTION DATE FOR GRADE LEVEL 14 AND

Ayomide Oyewole 18/01/2021

… Enjoins Public Servants To Adhere To COVID-19 Protocols Following the increase in number of recorded cases of coronavirus in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extended the work from home directive to all State public servants on Grade Levels 14 and below to Monday, February 1, 2021. Governor Sanwo-Olu’s directive was contained in a […]Read More