Poorer countries will most likely “bear the brunt of hundreds of thousands of needless deaths” from inequalities in access to Covid-19 vaccines. This dire warning was given by the Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland in a video address to the High-Level Segment at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 23 […]
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The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has issued warrant of arrest on the Interim Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Effiong Okon Akwa, for failing to honour the panel’s invitation. The committee had on several occasions summoned the NDDC boss to offer explanation over the N6.2 billion spent by the commission […]
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Honouring its commitment to the health and safety of its employees and customers, Emirates today has become one of the first airlines in the world to operate a flight with fully vaccinated frontline teams servicing customers at every touchpoint of the travel journey. On Sunday morning, the full airport and onboard customer experience for flight […]
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The United Kingdom has reported new cases of a likely vaccine-resistant variant of the coronavirus, said to have emerged from Nigeria. Described as the B1525, a report by researchers at the University of Edinburg, traces the earliest discovery of the variant to December 29, 2020. At least 29 sequences of the B1525 reported in the […]
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Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s minister of health, says all COVID-19 vaccines carry a certain amount of risk. Recall that Nigeria is expected to receive its first batch of allocated doses by the end of February. On February 11, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a document detailing the use and risks associated with the AstraZeneca […]
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The Management of one of Nigeria’s top airline , Air Peace has announced that the UAE Government had stopped passengers’ airlifting from Nigeria to Dubai as part of its COVID-19 measures. The airline’s Spokesperson, Mr Stanley Olisa, made the announcement in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Olisa, however, said that flights bringing Nigerians back […]
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The private sector-led coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has distanced itself from the statement by the BUA group, stating that the company has purchased one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for Nigeria. Recall that in a statement issued earlier on Monday, the BUA group had announced that it had secured one million doses of the AstraZeneca […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday revealed that China’s support tremendously strengthened Nigeria’s effort against COVID-19. The President also expressed satisfaction with the progress made so far as China-Nigeria relations clock 50 years. Buhari thanked China for its support in defence matters and infrastructural development of Nigeria. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has not included Nigeria for the Pfizer vaccines. This is due to the country’s failure to meet the standard requirement of being able to store the vaccines at the required -70 degrees Celsius. The Nigerian government had said it is expecting to receive 100,000 doses through the COVAX initiative. However, […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government has said the the Coronavirus vaccine is not meant to kill Africans as speculated by many. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha made this clarification on Tuesday at the inauguration of the State House Clinic Special Care Centre (COVID-19 Isolation Centre), Abuja. Mustapha dismissed the conspiracy theory surrounding […]
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