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Lagos Has Best Structure In Combating COVID-19 In Nigeria

March 3, 2021 0

A physician with the Lagos State response team on COVID-19, Dr. Abisola Adebayo has revealed the response structure of the state in combating the pandemic. Adebayo who works as a Team Lead at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), said, the state has a structured formation in handling the disease which has greatly stemmed the speed of infections. Explaining …

Global Conversations On Reducing Hunger, Diseases Must Reflect Our Situations, Osinbajo Tells UN Summit

February 23, 2021 0

As the global community mobilizes resources towards addressing hunger and reducing diseases, the conversations in Nigeria and other developing countries must be all-inclusive and reflective of the situations that concern us so that meaningful progress can be made towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals. According to the Vice President, “I think that some of these issues are nuanced and we …

COVID-19: CACOVID Supplies FG With Oxygen To Stem High Death Rate

January 25, 2021 0

Fighting against the second wave of coronavirus pandemic, the private sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), has supported the Federal Government with the supply of critical oxygen for case management of Covid-19 patients, to Isolation centres across the Country.

Nigeria’s Economic Recession: Reasons, Implications, Solutions

January 7, 2021 0

Sometimes to a lay man, a recession means nothing more than shortage of food on the table and shortage of money in the pocket but explaining a recession goes beyond these. Dr. Kemdi Chino Opara a Financial/Marketing Analyst, resident in the United States recently spoke with our correspondent on the meaning, causes, implications and way out. Basically, a recession is …

Lagos Orders Public, Private Schools To Resume Jan 18

January 4, 2021 0

The Lagos State Government has ordered all public and private schools in the state to reopen for the second term of 2020/21 academic session from Monday, January 18, 2021.

Many May Never Recover From Harsh Effects Of 2020 –Olukoya

January 1, 2021 0

The General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Dr Daniel Olukoya, says many people may never recover from the devastating effects of the Year 2020.

NSE Honours DG, NCDC With Year End Closing Gong Ceremony

December 31, 2020 0

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange) on Thursday hosted the Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekeazwu to a digital Closing Gong Ceremony to mark the end of trading activities in 2020.

Bill Gates Confesses, Says He Was Wrong About COVID-19 In Africa

December 27, 2020 0

Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), has said that he does not understand why coronavirus numbers have not been as high as predicted in Africa.

Niger Governor, Abubakar Bello, Fully Recovers From COVID-1

November 17, 2020 0

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has tested negative to COVID-19 following repeat tests of the viral disease

The Making Of CSR Masterstroke: An X-Ray Of FirstBank’s Yeoman Effort To Move One Million Children To E-learning

October 26, 2020 0

The rabbit hole of uncertainty, confusion and fear that pupils and their parents fell into in the dying days of March when the country was in lockdown was best captured in a Saturday Sun feature of May 16, titled, “COVID-19: Troubles of e-Learning.”