The World Bank has approved $12 billion to help developing countries to buy COVID-19 vaccines. The organisation announced this in a statement on Wednesday. “The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved an envelope of 12 billion dollars for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of COVID-19Continue Reading
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved parliament hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, plunging a country already facing a jihadist insurgency and mass protests deeper into crisis. Looking tired and wearing a surgical mask, Keita resigned in a brief address broadcast on state televisionContinue Reading
The Federal Government has warned that the 945 deaths recorded in COVID-19 pandemic cases is a wake up call for citizens to take appropriate measures to avoid being infected. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this on Monday in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the PresidentialContinue Reading
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday rallied behind President Muhammadu Buhari on the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). He said the move was in the best interest of the ruling party. Tinubu said the disagreements among prominent party members andContinue Reading
Over 216 people have been arrested and convicted for violating lockdown order in Niger State. Twelve out of the 216 were discharged. Majority of the offences involved not wearing face masks while others were driving vehicles during the lockdown, organising social events, conveying passengers during the lockdown, and carrying more thanContinue Reading
Bauchi State has quarantined seven doctors, following their contact with a female Coronavirus patient. Speaking at the government house last night while giving an update on the pandemic, the Executive Chairman of the state Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, made the announcement. DAILY POST reports thatContinue Reading
A PREGNANT nurse who died from coronavirus following the successful delivery of her baby via c-section is pictured for the first time. Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, 28, tragically passed away on Sunday after the emergency surgery at Luton & Dunstable hospital where the “fabulous” NHS hero worked. CHANNELS 4 NEWS todayContinue Reading
A total of 16 COVID-19 patients, including three foreigners, have been discharged in Lagos state. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor, broke the news in a statement on Wednesday. “Good people of Lagos, I have more great news from our isolation facilities. 16 persons; 14 males and 2 females including 3 foreignersContinue Reading
The Federal Government has declared that foreigners with valid visitors pass or resident permit with confirmed return tickets scheduled to travel out would be issued the relevant government extensions at no cost.The extension is to enable the beneficiaries reschedule their flights and travel within one week whenever the restriction onContinue Reading
Chadian President, Idriss Deby, has called on the Boko Haram’s factional leader, Abubakar Shekau, to surrender or be killed inside his Dikoa hideout. This is coming days after President Deby led the Chadian Army in an offensive against the terrorists which saw about 100 of them killed. In a stateContinue Reading
