Nigeria’s former Minister of finance, Dr Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed as the Director-General of the WTO. Her appointment was confirmed by WTO at a special meeting of the General Council, following a selection process that included eight candidates from around the world. The tweet read: “Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria is appointed as the next WTO […]
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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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The government of South African, on Monday, received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines. NAN reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and deputy president David Mabuza, who chairs the inter-ministerial committee on vaccines, were at the airport to receive one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. South Africa has been the […]
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Former US president Barack Obama congratulated his “friend” Joe Biden on Twitter, saying “this is your time”. Biden served as Vice President in Obama’s administration. Obama is slated attend the swearing in ceremony set to begin shortly at the Capitol. Sharing a picture of the pair, Obama wrote on Twitter; “Congratulations to my friend, President […]
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Nominations are open for young leaders to apply to stand for positions on the Commonwealth Youth Council, the body which represents the Commonwealth’s 1.4 billion young people. The council, one of the world’s most diverse youth-led bodies, is seeking candidates for its nine executive positions to serve from 2021 to 2023. The elected candidates will […]
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United States secretary of department of housing and urban development, Ben Carson, has criticised social media companies for placing a ban on accounts belonging to US President Donald Trump. Following the invasion of Capitol Hill by Trump supporters when congress was certifying the victory of President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday, social media companies like Facebook, […]
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The World Bank has predicted that global economy will grow by 4 per cent in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout the year. The economic forecast was revealed in a statement issued in Washington D.C. on Tuesday at the presentation of the January 2021 Global Economic Prospects. It added that the […]
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Nearly 56 million people in England will return to a full coronavirus lockdown, possibly until mid-February, to try to cut spiralling infection rates, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. The measures, which include the closure of primary and secondary schools, will come into effect Wednesday, he said in a televised address, after Scotland announced […]
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A 27-year-old Nigerian, identified as George Nkencho, has been shot dead by police in Ireland. According to Irish Times, the shooting of Nkencho occurred on Wednesday and was videoed by a witness. Nkencho was said to have gone into the Eurospar supermarket in Hartstown, where he attacked a manager and threatened workers with a knife. […]
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In a statement issued on Thursday, World Health Organisation (WHO) approved the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for “emergency use” It is the first vaccine granted emergency use authorisation by the WHO, and according to Pfizer and BioNTech, it is said to be 90 percent effective. It has also been approved in countries such as the UK, US, […]
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