The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, says the federal government will soon make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for civil servants. Speaking at a meeting of the health commissioners forum on Thursday in Abuja, Mustapha said the government wants civil servants to be vaccinated, considering that they sometimes represent Nigeria abroad. The […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says African countries may miss the goal of vaccinating 10 percent of their most vulnerable populations against COVID, before the end of September. WHO Africa, in a statement on Thursday, said new data shows that 42 out of Africa’s 54 nations may miss the target with the current pace of delivery and […]
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Commonwealth countries are estimated to have lost up to US$345 billion worth of trade in 2020, including $60 billion in intra-Commonwealth trade, according to 2021 Commonwealth Trade Review on “Energising Commonwealth Trade in a Digital World: Paths to Recovery Post-COVID”. Released today, the Commonwealth Trade Review provides a timely and comprehensive analysis of the impact of […]
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The MasterCard Foundation has announced that it will deploy $1.3 billion over the next three years in partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Africa and hasten the economic recovery of the continent. The Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative will acquire vaccines […]
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Commonwealth health ministers have today issued a joint statement after their annual meeting in which they called for swift and equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for everyone around the world. In the statement on behalf of the 54 Commonwealth member countries, they expressed deep concern over the stark gaps in access and delivery of doses, especially in […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that there was no record of Indian COVID-19 variant in the state, as was speculated on social media. The governor stated this in Benin on Friday at a news conference to provide an update on COVID-19 response in the state. Obaseki was represented by the state Permanent […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has extended the work-from-home directive for civil servants from Grade Level 12 and below until June 11, 2021. This is part of measures aimed at containing the spread of deadly strains of the deadly COVID-19 in the country. According to the Presidential Steering Committee On COVID-19, after the date in […]
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The Senior Pastor of the Living Faith Church International (AKA: Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo has said the COVID-19 vaccine in circulation is “a deadly thing”. Oyedepo then called on the government to come to him for a solution to coronavirus. He stated this on Sunday during the church’s 40th-anniversary thanksgiving service in Ota. “They […]
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, made this disclosure during a virtual meeting on Friday in Abuja. According to her, the vaccine is for emergency use, adding that that the vaccine can now be […]
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Speaking on the impact of the latest surge in COVID-19 cases in India, the Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said: “On behalf of the whole Commonwealth family, I want to express our deep concern and solidarity with the people and the Government of India as your national agencies mobilise to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and as […]
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