COVID-19
Facebook bans News website after reporting deaths from US gov’t vaccine database
A news website has been permanently booted from Facebook after the social media giant accused it of publishing “false information about COVID-19 that...
COVID-19: India donates 100, 000 doses of vaccines to Nigeria
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The government of India has donated 100,000 doses of Made-in-India Covishield vaccines, to Nigeria. The vaccines which...
Kenya Airways stops all flights to the U.K
Kenya Airways will stop all flights to the United Kingdom, effective April 9, 2021, Per Second News gathered. This is as a result...
COVID-19 Misinformation: Facebook, WHO launch new campaign across Africa
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh To connect people to accurate information and reduce misinformation on its platforms, Facebook is launching a new...
Breaking: COVID-19 claims Afenifere Spokesman, Yinka Odumakin
Mr Yinka Odumakin, the spokesman for Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has died of complications from COVID-19. According to report, the social critic has...
Covid-19 Can Linger In The Brain – Scientists
Scientists are predicting an increase in neuropsychiatric issues as more people recover from Covid-19 but experience lingering symptoms, according to a journal...
FG launches COVID-19 vaccination March 5 for frontline health workers
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Two days after receiving the first batch of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines, the Federal Government says it...
Nigeria takes delivery of COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX
Nigeria on Tuesday morning received about 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, shipped via the COVAX facility, a partnership between CEPI,...
WTO DG, Nigeria’s Dr Okonjo-Iweala, takes office, to hit the ground running
Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Monday assumed office as the helms person at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) amid hopes of...
Breaking: Nigeria takes delivery of COVID-19 vaccines March 2 — PTF Chair, Mustapha
Barring any last-minute hitch, Nigeria’s allocation of 4 million doses of the COVAX vaccine will arrive on March 2, according to the...
FG to CBN, SEC: Regulate Cryptocurrency, don’t prohibit
“So it should be thoughtful and knowledge-based regulation not prohibition. The point I am making is that some of the exciting developments...
Nigeria to receive first batch of COVID-19 vaccine in few days, says FG
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government is mobilizing...
COVID-19 vaccines: FG signs indemnification, can’t hold producers accountable for after-effect
Ahead of taking delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, the Federal Goverment says it has signed an indemnification that will make it impossible to...
Buhari’s ADC, Lt.-Col. Dodo, assumes duty
The newly appointed Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lt.-Col. Yusuf Muktar Dodo, on Monday assumed duties at Aso Rock Villa....
COVID-19: Disbursement of ₦173b to MDAs: HEDA sues Nigeria’s Accountant-General, demands details
A Federal high Court in Abuja has granted a major relief to Nigeria’s foremost anti-corruption concern — Human and Environmental Development Agenda...
Nigeria’s exit from recession excites Osinbajo, says facilitated by FG’s Economic Sustainability Plan
Excited by Nigeria’s economy’s prompt exit from recession, the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has hinged on the success of the ongoing...
