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Three presidential aspirants including former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi were ahead in last night’s Special Convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC, which held at the Eagle Square in Abuja. While six aspirants stepped down for …
Read More »I thought NYSC would crash during COVID-19 -Outgoing DG, Ibrahim
The outgoing Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has described the outbreak of COVID-19 as the most trying moment in his life, saying he thought NYSC would crash during his tenure. He, however, said that he came, saw and conquered. Ibrahim, also pleaded with his …
Read More »Downtown Beijing goes quiet as zero-Covid policy smothers capital
Millions of people in Beijing stayed home on Monday as China’s capital tries to fend off a Covid-19 outbreak with creeping restrictions on movement. Beijing residents fear they may soon find themselves in the grip of the same draconian measures that have trapped most of Shanghai’s 25 million people at …
Read More »NB sales volume grows in spite of COVID-19, inflation
Nigerian Breweries, NB Plc, recorded growth and improvement in sales volume in the financial year ended December 2021. In a statement, Managing Director, NB Plc, Mr. Hans Essaadi, attributed the increase in sales volume to the innovative workforce and EverGreen Strategy, which was recently launched. He said that though production …
Read More »Need for continued COVID-19 vigilance
ON Wednesday, April 6, 2022, the Federal Government continued its gradual relaxation of restrictions on public gatherings which it imposed as a means of controlling the COVID-19 pandemic since April 2020. According to a statement by the Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee, PSC, on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, the …
Read More »Nigeria loses 112 people to Lassa fever in 3 months — NCDC
A total of 112 persons have died of Lassa fever in Nigeria since the beginning of 2022 out of 3,079 cases recorded nationwide, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, revealed over the weekend. The NCDC in a report disclsoed that out of the figure, 45 health workers were infected …
Read More »Moderna begins trial of Omicron-specific vaccine booster
US biotech company Moderna announced on Wednesday that it has begun clinical trials of a booster dose of vaccine designed specifically to combat the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The trials will involve a total of 600 adults — half of whom have already received two doses of Moderna’s Covid-19 …
Read More »COVAX ships 4m COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa
COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa are rapidly ramping up from multiple sources after a near-halt to deliveries in recent months. Nearly four million doses from COVAX arrived in Africa last week, compared with just 245,000 doses from the facility throughout the month of June. World Health Organisation Regional Director for …
Read More »COVID-19: OSBC Refutes claims of infection
OSBC is neither aware that a late staff died of Coronavirus nor that a Director is infected.
Read More »1,074 new COVID-19 cases
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 1,074 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 948,048 people since the first confirmed …
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